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The impact of silent vascular brain burden in cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease.

Título de la revista: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
ISSN: 1351-5101
Volumen: 19
Número: 8
Páginas: 1100-7
Fecha de publicación: 2012
Resumen:
White matter hyperintensities do not influence the cognitive status of patients with PD. Frontal WMHs have a negative impact on semantic fluency. Brain vascular burden may have an effect on cognitive impairment in patients with PD as WMHs increase overtime might increase the risk of conversion to dementia. This finding needs further confirmation in larger prospective studies.