Does Diabetes Mellitus Alter the Onset and Clinical Course of Vascular Dementia?

Background: Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second most common dementing illness. Multiple risk factors are associated with VaD, but the individual contribution of each to disease onset and progression is unclear. We examined the relationship between diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM) and the clinical var...

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Main Authors: Santosh B. Murthy, Ali Jawaid, Salah U. Qureshi, Yogeshwar Kalkonde, Andrew M. Wilson, Michael L. Johnson, Mark E. Kunik, Paul E. Schulz
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Behavioural Neurology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-2010-0281
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author Santosh B. Murthy
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description Background: Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second most common dementing illness. Multiple risk factors are associated with VaD, but the individual contribution of each to disease onset and progression is unclear. We examined the relationship between diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM) and the clinical variables of VaD.
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spelling doaj-art-87ac630b60b74c42bf021acc54ed0e232025-02-03T06:45:56ZengWileyBehavioural Neurology0953-41801875-85842010-01-0123314515110.3233/BEN-2010-0281Does Diabetes Mellitus Alter the Onset and Clinical Course of Vascular Dementia?Santosh B. Murthy0Ali Jawaid1Salah U. Qureshi2Yogeshwar Kalkonde3Andrew M. Wilson4Michael L. Johnson5Mark E. Kunik6Paul E. Schulz7Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USADepartment of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USADepartment of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USADepartment of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USADepartment of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USAUniversity of Houston, College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX, USAMenninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USADepartment of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USABackground: Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second most common dementing illness. Multiple risk factors are associated with VaD, but the individual contribution of each to disease onset and progression is unclear. We examined the relationship between diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM) and the clinical variables of VaD.http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-2010-0281
spellingShingle Santosh B. Murthy
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Does Diabetes Mellitus Alter the Onset and Clinical Course of Vascular Dementia?
Behavioural Neurology
title Does Diabetes Mellitus Alter the Onset and Clinical Course of Vascular Dementia?
title_full Does Diabetes Mellitus Alter the Onset and Clinical Course of Vascular Dementia?
title_fullStr Does Diabetes Mellitus Alter the Onset and Clinical Course of Vascular Dementia?
title_full_unstemmed Does Diabetes Mellitus Alter the Onset and Clinical Course of Vascular Dementia?
title_short Does Diabetes Mellitus Alter the Onset and Clinical Course of Vascular Dementia?
title_sort does diabetes mellitus alter the onset and clinical course of vascular dementia
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