Lewy body Dementia: What are the challenges of early and accurate diagnosis?
Online veröffentlicht: 11. Juli 2022
Seitenbereich: 40 - 51
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ajon-2022-005
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© 2022 Madelaine B. Rañola, published by Sciendo
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Collectively, Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) including Parkinson’s Disease Dementia (PDD) and dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) account for the second leading type of dementia following Alzheimer’s disease (AD) (
Diagnosis can be challenging due to the presentation of an extensive range of autonomic, motor, sleep, cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms which can vary within a person and between individuals (