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Lewy body dementia, also known as LBD, is the second most common type of dementia after Alzheimer's disease. Protein deposits called Lewy bodies develop in ...
Antipsychotic medicines aren't used for people with LBD because they can make symptoms worse. No single test can diagnose Lewy body dementia. The diagnosis is ...
Lewy body dementia, also known as dementia with Lewy bodies, is the second most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer's disease dementia.
While the cause of Lewy body dementia is unclear, risk factors include being older than 60, being male and having a family member with Lewy body dementia. After ...
Generally, a Lewy body dementia diagnosis requires an ongoing decline in thinking skills, along with two of the following: visual hallucinations, Parkinsonism ...
Lewy bodies are balloonlike clumps of protein. They have been found in the brains of people with Lewy body dementia, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease ...
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is part of Lewy body dementia, the 2nd-most-common degenerative dementia in the U.S. It is also one of the Alzheimer's ...
Lewy body dementia gets its name from “Lewy bodies,” abnormal deposits containing a protein called alpha-synuclein. Clumps of this protein form in the brain, ...
Lewy body dementia may not be as well-known as Alzheimer's disease, but is the second-most progressive form of dementia after Alzheimer's disease.
Advanced diagnosis and treatment. Mayo Clinic researchers study risk factors, diagnostic techniques and potential treatments for Lewy body dementia, Alzheimer's ...
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