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Leukoaraiosis

Leukoaraiosis (or sub-cortical vascular dementia) is a form of vascular dementia, a dementia associated with cerebral vascular lesions.

Symptoms of leukoaraiosis

Leukoaraiosis occurs in old age and is predisposed by hypertension. It firstly presents with cognitive problems (memory loss, difficulty reasoning), and then by mood disturbance.

Leukoaraiosis is a vascular dementia in which the vascular lesions are seen by MRI brain imaging (white spots). © Yakafaucon / Licence Creative Commons Leukoaraiosis is a vascular dementia in which the vascular lesions are seen by MRI brain imaging (white spots). © Yakafaucon / Licence Creative Commons


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