Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 31, Issue 10 , Pages 1710-1720 , October 2010

Contribution of vascular pathology to the clinical expression of dementia

  • Dorothea Strozyk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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  • Dennis W. Dickson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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  • Richard B. Lipton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, USA
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  • Mindy Katz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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  • Carol A. Derby

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, USA
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  • Sunhee Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, USA
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  • Cuiling Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, USA
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  • Joe Verghese

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 718 430 3888; fax: +1 718 430 3870.

Received 24 July 2008 ,Revised 15 September 2008 ,Accepted 18 September 2008.

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Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 31, Issue 10 , Pages 1710-1720 , October 2010

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