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Descriptor English:

Lewy Body Disease

Descriptor Spanish:

Enfermedad por Cuerpos de Lewy

Descriptor Portuguese:

Doença por Corpos de Lewy

Synonyms English:

Dementia, Lewy Body
Diffuse Lewy Body Disease

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Definition English:

A neurodegenerative disease characterized by dementia, mild parkinsonism, and fluctuations in attention and alertness. The neuropsychiatric manifestations tend to precede the onset of bradykinesia, MUSCLE RIGIDITY, and other extrapyramidal signs. DELUSIONS and visual HALLUCINATIONS are relatively frequent in this condition. Histologic examination reveals LEWY BODIES in the CEREBRAL CORTEX and BRAIN STEM. SENILE PLAQUES and other pathologic features characteristic of ALZHEIMER DISEASE may also be present. (From Neurology 1997;48:376-380; Neurology 1996;47:1113-1124)

Indexing Annotation English:

LEWY BODY PARKINSON DISEASE see PARKINSON DISEASE is also available

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History Note English:

2000; use PARKINSON DISEASE 1992-1999; for DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE & LEWY BODY DISEASE, DIFFUSE use PARKINSON DISEASE 1992-1999

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Record Number:

34224

Unique Identifier:

D020961

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