Improving the identification of dementia with Lewy bodies in the context of an Alzheimer’s-type dementia

Improving the identification of dementia with Lewy bodies in the context of an Alzheimer’s-type dementia

Abstract Background Dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) are the two most common neurodegenerative causes of dementia. They commonly occur together, especially in older people, but clinical identification of these diseases in dementia is difficult in such circ...

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Main Authors: Alan J. Thomas, Fariba Mahin-Babaei, Mohammad Saidi, Debbie Lett, John Paul Taylor, Lauren Walker, Johannes Attems
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy
Subjects:
Dementia
DLB
AD
Neuropathology
Mixed pathology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13195-018-0356-0

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