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 …

Psychopathology at initial diagnosis in dementia with Lewy bodies versus Alzheimer disease: comparison of matched groups with autopsy‐confirmed diagnoses

E Rockwell, J Choure, D Galasko… - … journal of geriatric …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is believed to be the second most common form of
dementia, after Alzheimer disease (AD). DLB has been reported to be associated with an …

Low sensitivity in clinical diagnoses of dementia with Lewy bodies

PT Nelson, GA Jicha, RJ Kryscio, EL Abner… - Journal of …, 2010 - Springer
The success of future neurodegenerative disease (ND) therapies depends partly on
accurate antemortem diagnoses. Relatively few prior studies have been performed on large …

What best differentiates Lewy body from Alzheimer's disease in early-stage dementia?

P Tiraboschi, DP Salmon, LA Hansen, RC Hofstetter… - Brain, 2006 - academic.oup.com
To determine which clinical feature (s)[among visual hallucinations (VH), extrapyramidal
signs (EPS) and visuospatial impairment] in the earliest stages of disease best predicted a …

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 …

Improving the identification of dementia with Lewy bodies in the context of an Alzheimer's-type dementia

AJ Thomas, F Mahin-Babaei, M Saidi, D Lett… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Dementia due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy
bodies (DLB) are the two most common neurodegenerative causes of dementia. They …

Neuropsychological comparison of Alzheimer's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies

TA Crowell, CA Luis, DE Cox, M Mullan - Dementia and Geriatric …, 2007 - karger.com
Abstract Background/Aims: The present study examined the patterns of memory and
cognitive performance associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy …

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 …

Diagnostic accuracy of dementia with Lewy bodies

U Hohl, P Tiraboschi, LA Hansen, LJ Thal… - Archives of …, 2000 - jamanetwork.com
Background Diagnostic criteria for dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) are still evolving. No
data exist on prospective differentiation of DLB and Alzheimer disease (AD). Objective To …

Cognitive loss in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer disease

T Shimomura, E Mori, H Yamashita… - Archives of …, 1998 - jamanetwork.com
Background Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is emerging as a common cause of
degenerative dementia. Some preliminary evidence exists that the pattern of cognitive …