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understanding results of brain MRI

by Annette1950, Jul 02, 2008 07:53AM
My mother (82 yrs) has recenlty been seen by a neurologist.  She has moderate to severe short term memory loss and has been started on Aricept.  She has also recently had an MRI of the brain.

Could you explain:  "moderate diffuse cerebral atrophy and chronic white matter small vessel disease"?

Thank you!
Annette
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by margypops, Jul 04, 2008 07:16AM
To: Annette
Click on to the word Doctors and ask again.
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