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Sir, please suggest me , my father at the age of 65 years, he is suffering with diffuse cerebral volume loss with extensive deep white matter ischemia?

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Dr. Lori Lange answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Neurology: Neurology is the specialty area of medicine that deals with brain dysfunction. Get an appointment with a Neurologist to see what options are available. There are different causes of dementia, therefore the treatments depend on the cause.

Answered 3/27/2018

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