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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Syed Ahsan Hussain, M.D.[2]

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There is no single diagnostic study of choice for the diagnosis of Vascular dementia , but Vascular dementia can be diagnosed based on MRI and CT scan.

There is no single diagnostic study of choice for Vascular dementia, though Vascular dementia may be diagnosed based on DSM-5.^[1]
The diagnosis of Vascular dementia is based on the DSM-5 criteria, which include:^[1]
- Parenchymal injury attributing to cerebrovascular disease.
- One or more documented cerebrovascular events.
- Both clinical and genetic causes.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Hendrickson WA, Ward KB, Bland RD, Clarke TL, Harden LB (October 1975). "Atomic models for the polypeptide backbones of myohemerythrin and hemerythrin". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 66 (4): 1349–56. PMID 5.