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Multi-infarct dementia

MedGen UID:
8277
•Concept ID:
C0011263
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Binswanger's disease
SNOMED CT: Multi infarct dementia (56267009); MID - multi-infarct dementia (56267009); Multi-infarct dementia (56267009)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0043224

Definition

A common form of dementia caused by multiple cortical or subcortical cerebral infarctions. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Diagnosis and management of vascular cognitive impairment and dementia.
Erkinjuntti T
J Neural Transm Suppl 2002;(63):91-109. doi: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6137-1_6. PMID: 12597611
Differential diagnosis of dementia, delirium and depression. Implications for drug therapy.
Johnson J, Sims R, Gottlieb G
Drugs Aging 1994 Dec;5(6):431-45. doi: 10.2165/00002512-199405060-00005. PMID: 7858369
Diagnosis and treatment of dementia in the aged.
Small GW, Liston EH, Jarvik LF
West J Med 1981 Dec;135(6):469-81. PMID: 6121426Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Vascular dementia.
Schneck MJ
Top Stroke Rehabil 2008 Jan-Feb;15(1):22-6. doi: 10.1310/tsr1501-22. PMID: 18250070
Vascular dementia.
Erkinjuntti T, Rockwood K
Semin Clin Neuropsychiatry 2003 Jan;8(1):37-45. doi: 10.1053/scnp.2003.50004. PMID: 12567331
Multi-infarct dementia.
Strub RL
J La State Med Soc 1994 May;146(5):213-8. PMID: 8027633
Epidemiology of multi-infarct dementia.
Kase CS
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 1991 Summer;5(2):71-6. doi: 10.1097/00002093-199100520-00004. PMID: 2059410
Multi-infarct dementia.
Lechner H, Bertha G
J Neural Transm Suppl 1991;33:49-52. PMID: 1753251

Diagnosis

Incipient CADASIL.
Lesnik Oberstein SA, van den Boom R, Middelkoop HA, Ferrari MD, Knaap YM, van Houwelingen HC, Breuning MH, van Buchem MA, Haan J
Arch Neurol 2003 May;60(5):707-12. doi: 10.1001/archneur.60.5.707. PMID: 12756134
Vascular dementia.
Erkinjuntti T, Rockwood K
Semin Clin Neuropsychiatry 2003 Jan;8(1):37-45. doi: 10.1053/scnp.2003.50004. PMID: 12567331
Early diagnosis of dementia.
Santacruz KS, Swagerty D
Am Fam Physician 2001 Feb 15;63(4):703-13, 717-8. PMID: 11237085
Diagnosis of multi-infarct dementia.
Erkinjuntii T, Sulkava R
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 1991 Summer;5(2):112-21. doi: 10.1097/00002093-199100520-00008. PMID: 2059403
Multi-infarct dementia, subcortical dementia, and hydrocephalus.
Nadeau SE
South Med J 1991 May;84(5 Suppl 1):S41-52. PMID: 2035108

Therapy

Vascular cognitive impairment: epidemiology, subtypes, diagnosis and management.
Black SE
J R Coll Physicians Edinb 2011 Mar;41(1):49-56. doi: 10.4997/JRCPE.2011.121. PMID: 21365068
Vascular dementia.
Schneck MJ
Top Stroke Rehabil 2008 Jan-Feb;15(1):22-6. doi: 10.1310/tsr1501-22. PMID: 18250070
Subcortical vascular dementia.
Erkinjuntti T
Cerebrovasc Dis 2002;13 Suppl 2:58-60. doi: 10.1159/000049152. PMID: 11901245
Multi-infarct dementia: prevention and treatment.
Wade JP
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 1991 Summer;5(2):144-8. doi: 10.1097/00002093-199100520-00011. PMID: 2059406
Clinical and biochemical responses to therapy in Alzheimer's disease and multi-infarct dementia.
Corona GL, Cucchi ML, Frattini P, Santagostino G, Schinelli S, Romani A, Pola A, Zerbi F, Savoldi F
Eur Arch Psychiatry Neurol Sci 1989;239(2):79-86. doi: 10.1007/BF01759579. PMID: 2478368

Prognosis

Incipient CADASIL.
Lesnik Oberstein SA, van den Boom R, Middelkoop HA, Ferrari MD, Knaap YM, van Houwelingen HC, Breuning MH, van Buchem MA, Haan J
Arch Neurol 2003 May;60(5):707-12. doi: 10.1001/archneur.60.5.707. PMID: 12756134
Vascular dementia.
Erkinjuntti T, Rockwood K
Semin Clin Neuropsychiatry 2003 Jan;8(1):37-45. doi: 10.1053/scnp.2003.50004. PMID: 12567331
Early diagnosis of dementia.
Santacruz KS, Swagerty D
Am Fam Physician 2001 Feb 15;63(4):703-13, 717-8. PMID: 11237085
Pathophysiology of vascular dementia and white matter changes.
Parnetti L
Rev Neurol (Paris) 1999;155(9):754-8. PMID: 10528362
Diagnosis of multi-infarct dementia.
Erkinjuntii T, Sulkava R
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 1991 Summer;5(2):112-21. doi: 10.1097/00002093-199100520-00008. PMID: 2059403

Clinical prediction guides

Incipient CADASIL.
Lesnik Oberstein SA, van den Boom R, Middelkoop HA, Ferrari MD, Knaap YM, van Houwelingen HC, Breuning MH, van Buchem MA, Haan J
Arch Neurol 2003 May;60(5):707-12. doi: 10.1001/archneur.60.5.707. PMID: 12756134
Subcortical vascular dementia.
Erkinjuntti T
Cerebrovasc Dis 2002;13 Suppl 2:58-60. doi: 10.1159/000049152. PMID: 11901245
Pathophysiology of vascular dementia and white matter changes.
Parnetti L
Rev Neurol (Paris) 1999;155(9):754-8. PMID: 10528362
Behavioral neurology of multi-infarct dementia.
Mahler ME, Cummings JL
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 1991 Summer;5(2):122-30. doi: 10.1097/00002093-199100520-00009. PMID: 2059404
Diagnosis of multi-infarct dementia.
Erkinjuntii T, Sulkava R
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 1991 Summer;5(2):112-21. doi: 10.1097/00002093-199100520-00008. PMID: 2059403

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