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Edited by John Stirling Meyer, Gaiane M. Rauch, Helmut Lechner, and Carlo Loeb. 310 pp., illustrated. Armonk, N.Y., Futura, 2001. $88. ISBN 0-87993-425-5.

This book summarizes the latest information on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with vascular dementia. The authors, experts in the field, wrote this updated edition for neurologists and others who care for our growing elderly population. Vascular dementia is potentially more amenable to treatment than Alzheimer's disease.

Experts in dementia do not agree on basic diagnostic criteria, which makes discussing vascular dementia inherently difficult. Since Hachinski defined the original criteria for multi-infarct dementia in the 1970s, several additional sets of diagnostic criteria have been developed. All are useful, but they vary substantially. As a result, many physicians feel uncomfortable . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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