Dementia with Lewy bodies: Clinical and pathological diagnosis

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McKeith, IG [1 ]
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[1] Newcastle Gen Hosp, Inst Hlth Elderly, Dept Old Age Psychiat, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE4 6BE, Tyne & Wear, England
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ALZHEIMERS REPORTS | 1998年 / 1卷 / 02期
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Alzheimer's disease; dementia; Lewy body;
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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Dementia in old age is now recognised as a pathologically heterogeneous syndrome. This short review considers clinical and pathological features of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and concludes that recent developments have led to clinical diagnostic accuracy for DLB being equivalent to that for Alzheimer's disease and significantly better than for vascular dementia.
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