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Poststroke dementia—what's in a name?

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Poststroke dementia is a clinically heterogeneous syndrome with various underlying mechanisms. A better understanding of the pathophysiology of poststroke dementia together with an improved ability to differentiate between various dementia syndromes will be useful for optimizing therapeutic interventions, and for informing patients and carers about treatment options and prognosis.

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Tuladhar, A., de Leeuw, FE. Poststroke dementia—what's in a name?. Nat Rev Neurol 6, 63–64 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2009.229

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