Incidental Lewy body disease: Do some cases represent a preclinical stage of dementia with Lewy bodies?
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Lewy body disease and dementia with Lewy bodies
In 1976 we reported our first autopsied case with diffuse Lewy body disease (DLBD), the term of which we proposed in 1984. We also proposed the term "Lewy body disease" (LBD) in 1980. Subsequently, we classified LBD into three types according to the distribution pattern of Lewy bodies: a brain stem type, a transitional type and a diffuse type. Later, we added the cerebral type. As we have propo...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Neurobiology of Aging
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0197-4580
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2009.05.019