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Many cases of dementia in the elderly attributed to cerebrovascular disease may in fact be Alzheimer's disease. Researchers examined autopsy reports of 87 patients who had been treated by a dementia clinic. In no case was vascular disease the sole cause of dementia. Eighty-seven percent of patients had neuropathologic evidence of Alzheimer's disease, either alone or in combination with cerebrovascular disease. Dementia in elderly patients, even when cerebrovascular disease is suspected, is likely caused by Alzheimer's disease or other neurodegenerative condition.
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A study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of dementia in a community-based cross sectional survey in a rural area of Korea. A total of 436 subjects were chosen from 1674 participants who were 65 years old with either Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia. The results showed that the prevalence of dementia in Korea was similar to Western countries, but it differed from other Asian countries such as Japan and China.
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Research on 100 Hispanic Americans in southern California found that while the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease in the subject population was low, incidence of vascular dementia was significantly higher than expected. Implications for genetic and cultural risk factors for these findings are also discussed.
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