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Despite being a common form of dementia after Alzheimer disease, far fewer studies focus on cognitive and behavioral changes in vascular dementia.
Vascular dementia presents with distinct cognitive and language deficits compared to Alzheimer's disease, requiring specific neuropsychological assessment and non-pharmacological interventions like speech-language therapy.
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Supports vessel-specific cognitive assessments in vascular dementia; leaves open prospective validation of progression and interventions.
Vascular dementias (VaD) represent a progressive decline in cognitive functions to the extent that it interferes with daily activities performance. Although it is a relatively common form of dementia that occurs in frequency right after Alzheimer's disease (AD) there are far fewer studies that focus on studying cognitive and behavioral changes compared to AD. The clinical picture and course of the disease differ between different types.
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Vasilijević et al. (2021) studied this question.
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