Diverse VCID: White Matter Lesion Etiology of Dementia in Diverse Populations
Are you eligible to participate in this study?
You may be eligible for this study if you meet the following criteria:
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Conditions: Vascular Cognitive Impairment And Dementia
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Age: Between 18 Year(s) - 100 Year(s)
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Gender: Male or Female
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Other Inclusion Criteria:
- Adults between the ages of 65-90.
- Cognitive Complaint
- Incidental White Matter Hyperintensities (WMH) will be defined as the presence of any WMH abnormalities seen on FLAIR imaging.
- Capacity to consent.
You may not be eligible for this study if the following are true:
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- Inability to complete an MRI
- Inability to complete a blood draw
- Inability to complete medical and neurological examination
- Inability to complete questionnaires
- History of stroke
- Clinical Dementia
- Central nervous system (CNS) Infection
- Tumor or other brain lesions or structural anomalies that prevent prescribed MRI analysis such as congenital malformations, large cysts, etc.
- Traumatic brain injury (TBI) of moderate or greater severity
- Unstable major medical illness
- Motor disorder that precludes neuropsychological testing
- Psychosis not secondary to neurological disease
- History of drug or alcohol abuse within the last 5 years
- Sensory or motor defect that precludes neuropsychological testing
- Inability to consent
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