Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is the most common hereditary cause of vascular dementia in adults. Age, female sex and headache intensity are associated with increased white matter lesion volume in CADASIL.
Aphasia's outcome in patients with stroke is predicted by a single word repetition task at baseline. Infection during hospitalization has a negative impact on aphasia's outcome at 6 months.
This study provides reliable results for European Portuguese, with adequate internal consistency, inter-rater agreement and concurrent validity.