...) or vascular dementia (VaD), the exclusion of cases with concomitant neurodegenerative disease when diagnosing VCI/VaD, and a lack of standardization of neuropathological assessment protocols for vascular disease. Other contributors include a focus on end-stage destructive lesions to the exclusion of more...

...Jason P. Appleton; Polly Scutt; Nikola Sprigg; Philip M. Bath Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second commonest cause of dementia. Stroke is the leading cause of disability in adults in developed countries, the second major cause of dementia and the third commonest cause of death. Traditional...

... by Portland Press Limited on behalf of the Biochemical Society 2017 dementia mild cognitive impairment stroke vascular dementia Vascular disease is the second most common cause of dementia [ 1 ]. Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) has been defined as clinical–radiological–pathological...