The Mini‐Mental State exam may help in the differentiation of dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease

TA Ala, LF Hughes, GA Kyrouac… - … journal of geriatric …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Since patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) tend to have greater
impairment of attention and construction and better memory ability on neuropsychological …

Practical suggestions on how to differentiate dementia with Lewy bodies from Alzheimer's disease with common cognitive tests

S Palmqvist, O Hansson, L Minthon… - International journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objective Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is the second most common
neurodegenerative dementia, but it is often underdiagnosed and mistaken for Alzheimer's …

Long-term cognitive decline in dementia with Lewy bodies in a large multicenter, international cohort

MG Kramberger, B Auestad… - Journal of …, 2017 - content.iospress.com
Background/Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the rate and clinical predictors
of cognitive decline in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and compare the findings with …

Relative preservation of MMSE scores in autopsy-proven dementia with Lewy bodies

PT Nelson, RJ Kryscio, GA Jicha, EL Abner… - Neurology, 2009 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Recent studies raised questions about the severity of cognitive impairment
associated with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). However, there have been few analyses …

Neuropsychological differentiation of dementia with Lewy bodies from normal aging and Alzheimer's disease

TJ Ferman, GE Smith, BF Boeve… - The Clinical …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
We examined the diagnostic utility of selected neuropsychological measures in the
differentiation of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) from normal aging and Alzheimer's …

The progression of cognition, psychiatric symptoms, and functional abilities in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer disease

K Stavitsky, AM Brickman, N Scarmeas… - Archives of …, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
Background Although dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) may be one of most common forms
of dementia, relatively little is known about its cognitive and functional course. Objective To …

Neuropsychological profile of dementia with Lewy bodies

H Oda, Y Yamamoto, K Maeda - Psychogeriatrics, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) accounts for 10–25% of all dementia cases in clinical
populations and is considered to be the second most common degenerative dementia in …

A longitudinal study of neurocognition in dementia with Lewy bodies compared to Alzheimer's disease

MH Breitve, LJ Chwiszczuk, K Brønnick… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Introduction There are relatively few longitudinal studies on the differences in cognitive
decline between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and the …

Cognitive profiles of autopsy-confirmed Lewy body variant vs pure Alzheimer disease

DJ Connor, DP Salmon, TJ Sandy… - Archives of …, 1998 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To compare the cognitive profiles of patients with autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer
disease (AD), with or without concomitant Lewy bodies, on 2 dementia screening measures …

Psychiatric morbidity in dementia with Lewy bodies: a prospective clinical and neuropathological comparative study with Alzheimer's disease

C Ballard, C Holmes, I McKeith, D Neill… - American Journal of …, 1999 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
OBJECTIVE: The literature reports considerable variation in the rates of psychiatric morbidity
for patients with dementia with Lewy bodies. The authors intended to clarify the frequency of …