multiinfarct dementia

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[-infärkt′]

Etymology: L, multus + infarcire, to stuff, de, away, mens, mind

a form of organic brain disease characterized by the rapid deterioration of intellectual functioning, caused by vascular disease. Symptoms include emotional lability; disturbances in memory, abstract thinking, judgment, and impulse control; and focal neurologic impairment, such as gait abnormalities, pseudobulbar palsy, and paresthesia.

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dementia vitamin deficiency			A VASCULAR or multiinfarct dementia is not the same as Alzheimer's. I'm in flap over boy's bat ears by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) Scientists once thought that multiinfarct dementia and other types of vascular dementia caused most cases of irreversible mental impairment. Forgetfulness: it's not always what you think. (Common Health ... by Pamphlet by: National Institute on Aging A variant of multiinfarct dementia is Binswanger subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy in which the disease is confined to the white matter of the hemispheres and is usually reported as a fairly rapidly progre ssing dementia with significant neurologic and cognitive changes. Vascular dementia. (Featured CME Topic: Stroke) by Strub, Richard / Southern Medical Journal			multidisciplinary health care team multidisciplinary pain center multidrug resistance multidrug resistance inhibition multidrug-resistant bacteria multidrug-resistant organisms multifactorial multifactorial inheritance multifid multifidus multifocal multifocal atrial tachycardia multifocal electroretinography multifocal lens multifocal motor neuropathy multifocal neuropathy multifocality multiform multiformat camera multigene family multigenerational model multigenerational transmission process multiglandular multigravida multihospital system multiinfarct dementia Multikine multilamellar body MultiLight system multilineage leukemia multilobar multilobular multilocal multilocular multilocular cyst multilocular cyst of kidney multimeric multimodal therapy multinodular multinodular goiter multinuclear multinuclear leukocyte multinucleate multinucleated multiorgan transplantation multipara multiparity multiparous multipenniform multiphase generator multiphasic screening			multigrid tube multigroup diffusion Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure Multigroup Interpretation of Nuclear X-Sections multigroup model multigun tube multigym multigyms multihandset cordless Multihazard Building Design Summer Institute Multihazard Mapping Initiative multihead Turing machine Multihole Drilling Multihomed multihomed host Multihoming Multihoming by Internet Protocol Layer Address Rewriting multihospital system Multihull multihull boat Multihull Offshore Cruising and Racing Association Multihull Racing Association Multihull Yacht Club of Victoria multihulls multiinfarct dementia multijob operation Multijugate Multijugous Multijunction Multibandgap Solar Cells multijunction solar cell Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training Multijurisdictional Disclosure System Multijurisdictional Practice Multikabel Internet Gebruikers Vereniging Multikine Multikulturní Centrum multilamellar body multilamellar body multilamellar body multilamellar body multilamellar body multilane Multilanguage Multilanguage Multilanguage Electronic Phototypesetting System multilateral multilateral Multilateral Agencies Multilateral Agreement Multilateral Agreement on Common Quality Standards Multilateral Agreement on Investment Multilateral aid Multilateral aid Multilateral aid Multilateral aid

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