"Dementia, Vascular" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				An imprecise term referring to dementia associated with CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS, including CEREBRAL INFARCTION (single or multiple), and conditions associated with chronic BRAIN ISCHEMIA. Diffuse, cortical, and subcortical subtypes have been described. (From Gerontol Geriatr 1998 Feb;31(1):36-44)
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D015140 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | C10.228.140.300.400 C10.228.140.300.510.800.500 C10.228.140.380.230 C10.228.140.695.500 C14.907.137.126.372.500 C14.907.253.560.350.500 F03.615.400.350 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | Dementia, VascularDementia, VascularDementias, VascularVascular DementiasVascular Dementia
 Subcortical Vascular DementiaSubcortical Vascular DementiaDementia, Subcortical VascularDementias, Subcortical VascularSubcortical Vascular DementiasVascular Dementia, SubcorticalVascular Dementias, Subcortical
 Arteriosclerotic DementiaArteriosclerotic DementiaArteriosclerotic DementiasDementia, ArterioscleroticDementias, Arteriosclerotic
 Binswanger DiseaseBinswanger DiseaseDisease, BinswangerChronic Progressive Subcortical EncephalopathyBinswanger EncephalopathyLeukoencephalopathy, SubcorticalLeukoencephalopathies, SubcorticalSubcortical LeukoencephalopathiesEncephalopathy, Subcortical ArterioscleroticBinswanger's DiseaseBinswangers DiseaseDisease, Binswanger'sEncephalopathy, Subcortical, Chronic ProgressiveSubcortical Encephalopathy, Chronic ProgressiveSubcortical LeukoencephalopathySubcortical Arteriosclerotic EncephalopathyArteriosclerotic Encephalopathy, SubcorticalArteriosclerotic Encephalopathies, SubcorticalEncephalopathies, Subcortical ArterioscleroticSubcortical Arteriosclerotic EncephalopathiesEncephalopathy, Binswanger'sBinswanger's EncephalopathyEncephalopathy, BinswangersEncephalopathy, BinswangerEncephalopathy, Chronic Progressive Subcortical
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Dementia, Vascular" by people in Profiles.
						
					
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								Association of anthropometry and weight change with risk of dementia and its major subtypes: A meta-analysis consisting 2.8 million adults with 57 294 cases of dementia. Obes Rev. 2020 04; 21(4):e12989. 
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								Type 2 Diabetes as a Risk Factor for Dementia in Women Compared With Men: A Pooled Analysis of 2.3 Million People Comprising More Than 100,000 Cases of Dementia. Diabetes Care. 2016 Feb; 39(2):300-7. 
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								Clinical-pathologic correlations in vascular cognitive impairment and dementia. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2016 05; 1862(5):945-51. 
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								Incidence rates of dementia, Alzheimer disease, and vascular dementia in the Japanese American population in Seattle, WA: the Kame Project. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2014 Jan-Mar; 28(1):23-9. 
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								An update on type 2 diabetes, vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Exp Gerontol. 2012 Nov; 47(11):858-64. 
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								Midlife vs late-life depressive symptoms and risk of dementia: differential effects for Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2012 May; 69(5):493-8. 
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								Ecology of the aging human brain. Arch Neurol. 2011 Aug; 68(8):1049-56. 
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								Heavy smoking in midlife and long-term risk of Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia. Arch Intern Med. 2011 Feb 28; 171(4):333-9. 
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								Prospects for delaying the rising tide of worldwide, late-life dementias. Int Psychogeriatr. 2010 Dec; 22(8):1196-202. 
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								Midlife serum cholesterol and increased risk of Alzheimer's and vascular dementia three decades later. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2009; 28(1):75-80.