Publisher Summary This chapter emphasizes that dementia with lewy bodies (DLB) is a
common form of neurodegenerative dementia. The term DLB is a clinical syndrome and not …

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) presents to a range of specialists and involves a number
of management challenges. The nosologic status of the disorder is controversial, especially …

BACKGROUND-Lewy Body disorders extend beyond Parkinson's disease (PD). Lewy
bodies may be found in the brain in cortical as well as subcortical areas, termed diffuse …

The pathologic substrate of the clinical syndrome of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)
remains to be determined. Only a few prospective clinicopathologic studies have been …

An increasing variety of neurological syndromes and brain disorders have been associated
with Lewy body pathology in various parts of the nervous system'. The major dementia …

Publisher Summary This chapter emphasizes that dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a
common disorder, accounting for 10–20% of all cases of dementia. Accurate diagnosis is …

Lewy body formation is central to the pathological phenotype of a spectrum of disorders. The
most familiar of these is the extrapyramidal syndrome of idiopathic Lewy‐body Parkinson's …

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) shares features with Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's
disease, but is a distinct and common cause of dementia. DLB is a neurodegenerative …

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) has recently been identified as a separate disease but
diagnosis can be difficult, in particular the differentiation from related dementias of …

DEMENTIA AND LEWY BODIES Summary. Consensus diagnostic criteria for dementia with
Lewy bodies (DLB) proposed in 1996 have provided a useful foundation for research in the …