Are dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s disease dementia the same disease?

Are dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s disease dementia the same disease?

Abstract Background Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD), which share many clinical, neurochemical, and morphological features, have been incorporated into DSM-5 as two separate entities of major neurocognitive disorders with Lewy bodies. Despite clinical overlap, t...

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Main Authors: Kurt A. Jellinger, Amos D. Korczyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Dementia with Lewy bodies
Parkinson’s disease dementia
Clinical features
Diagnostic criteria
Neuropathology
Diagnostic tests
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1016-8

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