Do white matter changes on MRI and CT differentiate vascular dementia from Alzheimer's disease?

作者：Timo Erkinjuntti, Leena Ketonen, Raimo O. Sulkava, Jorma T. Sipponen, Matti Vuorialho, M Iivanainen · 发表于：Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry · 年份：1987 · DOI：10.1136/jnnp.50.1.37 · 被引用次数：199 · 研究领域：Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments、Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research、Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases

MRI showed white matter changes in all 29 patients with vascular dementia and in eight out of 22 patients with Alzheimer's disease. The corresponding figures for CT were 26 and 1, respectively. White matter changes are therefore a useful diagnostic aid in the differential diagnosis between vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease.