Can Alzheimer's disease and dementias with Lewy bodies be distinguished clinically?

MF Weiner, LS Hynan, B Parikh… - Journal of geriatric …, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
To determine if Alzheimer's disease (AD), its Lewy body (LB) variant (LBV), and diffuse LB
disease (DLBD) are distinguishable at initial clinical evaluation, data from autopsy …

Olfactory function and neuropsychological profile to differentiate dementia with Lewy bodies from Alzheimer's disease in patients with mild cognitive impairment: a 5 …

JH Yoon, M Kim, SY Moon, SW Yong… - Journal of the Neurological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a well-known precursor of Alzheimer's
disease (AD) but often also precedes dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). The early …

Dementia with Lewy bodies: Impact of co‐pathologies and implications for clinical trial design

JB Toledo, C Abdelnour, RS Weil… - Alzheimer's & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is clinically defined by the presence of visual
hallucinations, fluctuations, rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavioral disorder, and …

The use of EEG in the diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies

G Roks, ESC Korf, WM Van Der Flier… - Journal of Neurology …, 2008 - jnnp.bmj.com
Although reports on EEG in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) are conflicting, the recent
diagnostic guidelines define EEG abnormalities as being supportive for the diagnosis. We …

Hippocampal volumes predict risk of dementia with Lewy bodies in mild cognitive impairment

K Kantarci, T Lesnick, TJ Ferman, SA Przybelski… - Neurology, 2016 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To predict the risk of probable dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) competing with
Alzheimer disease (AD) dementia by hippocampal volume (HV) in patients with mild …

Alpha event‐related synchronization after eye closing differs in Alzheimer's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies: a magnetoencephalography study

M Hata, R Kurimoto, H Kazui, R Ishii, L Canuet… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background The electroencephalography (EEG) abnormalities found in patients with
dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) are conflicting. In this study, we used …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of cognitive decline in dementia with Lewy bodies versus Alzheimer's disease

MH Breitve, LJ Chwiszczuk, MJ Hynninen… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2014 - Springer
Introduction The aim of this review was to investigate whether there is a faster cognitive
decline in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) than in Alzheimer's disease (AD) over time …

[HTML][HTML] Faster cognitive decline in dementia due to Alzheimer disease with clinically undiagnosed Lewy body disease

M Malek-Ahmadi, TG Beach, E Zamrini, CH Adler… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Neuropathology has demonstrated a high rate of comorbid pathology in
dementia due to Alzheimer's disease (ADD). The most common major comorbidity is Lewy …

A signature pattern of cortical atrophy in dementia with Lewy bodies: a study on 333 patients from the European DLB consortium

K Oppedal, D Ferreira, L Cavallin, AW Lemstra… - Alzheimer's & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Introduction We explored regional brain atrophy patterns and their clinical correlates in
dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Methods In this multicentre study, we included a total of …

Discrimination between dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease based on biofluid monoamines, biomarker values and cognitive parameters

A Heylen, Y Vermeiren, D Van Dam… - Alzheimer's & …, 2023 - library.wur.nl
Background Despite disease-specific symptoms, differentiation between Alzheimer's
disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) remains challenging, especially in …