Contrastive study on memory disorders in patients with pure leukoaraiosis and subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy / 临床神经病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the different features of memory disorder in patients with pure leukoaraiosis (LA) and subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy (SAE).Methods Memory function was examined with clinical memory scale in 30 patients with pure LA, 30 patients with SAE and 30 healthy controls. All the subjects were also tested with MMSE (mini-mental state examination).Results All the patients with pure LA had significant lower MQ (memory quotient) and lower score in clinical memory scale than normal controls (all P