…A brief perusal is initially discouraging: for example, there is no index entry for “dementia”, although it is evident that this word was certainly part of Gowers’ clinical vocabulary since…
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Abstract Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is increasingly recognised, particularly as a cause of intracerebral haemorrhage and dementia. CAA may present to the clinical neurologist in a range of circumstances, including…
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…be associated with PD, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia.26 Rigidity Cogwheel rigidity is a distinctive feature of PD.23 In the study undertaken using the THIN database (see above), rigidity…
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…account, however. Definitive evidence that addressing risk can alter the course of cognitive decline and prevent dementia is still needed. Based on the presented PREVENT Dementia study, a suggestion was…
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