Homovanillic acid and 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid as biomarkers for dementia with Lewy bodies and coincident Alzheimer's disease: An autopsy-confirmed study.

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are the two most common causes of dementia. Both pathologies often coexist, and AD patients with concomitant neocortical LB pathology (referred to as the Lewy body variant of AD) generally show faster cognitive decline and accelerated...

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Main Authors: Satoru Morimoto, Masaki Takao, Hiroyuki Hatsuta, Yasushi Nishina, Tadashi Komiya, Renpei Sengoku, Yuta Nakano, Akiko Uchino, Hiroyuki Sumikura, Yuko Saito, Kazutomi Kanemaru, Shigeo Murayama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5293256?pdf=render