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Loss of higher cortical functions with retained awareness due to multiple cortical or subcortical CEREBRAL INFARCTION. Memory, judgment, attention span, and impulse control are often impaired, and may be accompanied by PSEUDOBULBAR PALSY; HEMIPARESIS; reflex abnormalities, and other signs of localized neurologic dysfunction. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1060)
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- Dementia Multi-Infarct
- Dementia, Multi-Infarct
- Dementia, Multiinfarct
- Dementia Multi Infarct
- Dementia Multi-Infarcts
- Dementia, Multi Infarct
- Dementias, Multi-Infarct
- Dementias, Multiinfarct
- Multi Infarct Dementia
- Multi-Infarct Dementias
- Multi-Infarct, Dementia
- Multi-Infarcts, Dementia
- Multiinfarct Dementia
- Multiinfarct Dementias
- Lacunar Dementia
- Lacunar Dementias
- Dementia, Lacunar
- Dementias, Lacunar
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.
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1989
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- Dementia (1981-1988)
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- National Library of Medicine. Multi-Infarct Dementia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015161. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015161
- Multi-Infarct Dementia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69059904