Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 32, Issue 12 , Pages 2172-2182 , December 2011

Verbal memory impairment in subcortical ischemic vascular disease: A descriptive analysis in CADASIL

  • S. Epelbaum

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, CHU Lariboisière, APHP, France
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  • S. Benisty

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatric Medicine, CHU Lariboisière, APHP, France
  • ,
  • S. Reyes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, CHU Lariboisière, APHP, France
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  • M. O'Sullivan

      Affiliations

    • Wales Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Cardiff, UK
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  • E. Jouvent

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, CHU Lariboisière, APHP, France
  • ,
  • M. Düring

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Marchioninistrasse 15, D 81377 Munich, Germany
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  • D. Hervé

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, CHU Lariboisière, APHP, France
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  • C. Opherk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Marchioninistrasse 15, D 81377 Munich, Germany
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  • K. Hernandez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, CHU Lariboisière, APHP, France
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  • A. Kurtz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, CHU Lariboisière, APHP, France
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  • A. Viswanathan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Clinical Trials Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • M.G. Bousser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, CHU Lariboisière, APHP, France
    • INSERM U740, Faculté de Médecine Lariboisière Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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  • M. Dichgans

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Marchioninistrasse 15, D 81377 Munich, Germany
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  • H. Chabriat

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, CHU Lariboisière, APHP, France
    • INSERM U740, Faculté de Médecine Lariboisière Saint-Louis, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Lariboisière, 2 rue Ambroise Paré, 75010 Paris, France. Tel.: +33 1 49956344; fax: +33 1 49952596.

Received 2 September 2009 ,Revised 20 November 2009 ,Accepted 21 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2009.12.018

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 32, Issue 12 , Pages 2172-2182 , December 2011