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Distinguishing Lewy body dementia
1Loyola University, Hines, Ill., USA.
Hospital Practice (1995)
|March 4, 1998
Abstract:
The presence of the distinctive formations known as Lewy bodies within brain cells has been linked to senile dementia. A pattern of clinical features helps distinguish Lewy body dementia from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Differentiation can be important, because many patients with Lewy body dementia have a hypersensitivity to neuroleptic medications.