Plasma Levels of Brain Natriuretic Peptide: A Comparison between Vascular Dementia Patients and Stroke Patients without Dementia

Background: Changes in lifestyle in recent years have led to increase prevalence of cardiovascular diseases. On the other hand, longer life expectancy has resulted in higher numbers of demented patients including those with vascular dementia (VD). Since VD patients encounter many problems that decre...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Saadatnia, Mohammad Reza Najafi, Afshan Farshadmehr, Seyed Mahdi Sadeghiyeh
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences 2012-04-01
Series:مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان
Online Access:http://jims.mui.ac.ir/index.php/jims/article/view/1700