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Dementia with Lewy bodies in a Nigerian: a case report
Adesola Ogunnyi1, Effiong E U Akang, Oye Gureje
1Department of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. dementia.uch@skannet.com.ng
International Psychogeriatrics
|September 24, 2002
Abstract:
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is the second most common neuropathologically diagnosed cause of degenerating dementia after Alzheimer's disease. We report the first autopsy-confirmed case in sub-Saharan Africa in a Nigerian patient. The case presented highlights the varied clinical presentation of DLB, and is intended to raise awareness about another possible cause of dementia in Nigerian subjects.