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Could alzheimer's be related to cerebrovascular disease?
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Too complex: The relationship between cerebrovascular disease and ad is too complex for a brief answer in this forum.
Answered 6/9/2013
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Definitely: Cerebrovascular disease is often combine with alzheimer's disease and the combination causes more severe dementia.
Answered 2/10/2013
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Technically no: Alzheimer's disease is a specific type of neurodegenerative disease that causes dementia. Cerebrovascular disease can also cause dementia, but is not technically "alzheimer's" disease. The symptoms and signs may be very similar but the two are distinct entities.
Answered 5/18/2016
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