Back Issues Guidelines Subscriptions Advertising Vol. This special issue is an initiative of The Dutch Study on Vascular Factors in Dementia , a collaborative effort of epidemiologists, neurologists and cardiovascular researchers. In addition to the study results, which are made available through a full bibliography, this issue contains a number of original papers presenting more recent data. Furthermore, it includes invited reviews on the epidemiology of dementia in a population without stroke and in a population after stroke, on screening and diagnostic criteria for vascular dementia.
Special consideration is given to vascular and biological risk factors.
The roles of lipids, Apo E, platelet activation, anticoagulation and fibrinolysis in dementia are discussed in detail. Anyone looking for new information on vascular involvement in dementia will appreciate this timely publication.