Distinguishing Lewy body dementia.

Autor: Lapalio, Lawrence R., Sakla, Shakib S.
Zdroj: Hospital Practice; 02/15/98, Vol. 33 Issue 2, p93, 10p, 2 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram, 2 Charts
Abstrakt: Reports that the presence of the distinctive formations known as Lewy bodies within brain cells has been linked to senile dementia and that patients with Lewy body dementia have a hypersensitivity to neuroleptic medications. Sample case of a patient with Lewy body dementia; Characteristics of Lewy body dementia; Five criteria for the presumptive diagnosis of diffuse Lewy body dementia (DLBD) as proposed by Burns and R. Levy.
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