Dementia is a neurological disease that is associated with aging. The incidence and prevalence of dementia is increasing as the population continues to age. The two most common forms of dementia are A READ MORE http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/555220_7
OBJECTIVE: To explore the hypothesis that older adults often are affected by more than one disease, making the differential diagnosis between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD) diffi READ MORE http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16902279
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Context: The prevalence of mixed dementia, defined as the coexistence of Alzheimer disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD), is likely to increase as the population ages.
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Many dementia patients have a combination of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. This is often called "mixed dementia."