Overdiagnosing Vascular Dementia using Structural Brain Imaging for Dementia Work-Up

Article type: Short Communication

Authors: Niemantsverdriet, Ellis^{a; 1} | Feyen, Bart F.E.^{a; c; 1} | Le Bastard, Nathalie^{a; e} | Martin, Jean-Jacques^a | Goeman, Johan^b | De Deyn, Peter Paul^{a; b; d} | Engelborghs, Sebastiaan^{a; b; *}

Affiliations: [a] Reference Center for Biological Markers of Dementia (BIODEM), Laboratory of Neurochemistry and Behavior, and Biobank, Institute Born-Bunge, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium | [b] Department of Neurology and Memory Clinic, Hospital Network Antwerp, Middelheim and Hoge Beuken, Antwerp, Belgium | [c] Current affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Network Antwerp, Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium | [d] Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Research Center, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Groningen, The Netherlands | [e] Current affiliation: Fujirebio Europe, Ghent, Belgium

Correspondence: [*] Correspondence to: Prof. Dr. Sebastiaan Engelborghs, UAntwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, BE-2610 Antwerp, Belgium. Tel.: +32 3 265 2631; Fax: +32 3 265 2669; E-mail: Sebastiaan.Engelborghs@uantwerpen.be.

Note: [1] These authors contributed equally to this work.

Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, brain imaging, dementia, differential dementia diagnosis, magnetic resonance imaging, vascular dementia

DOI: 10.3233/JAD-142103

Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 1039-1043, 2015