## Abstract We compared the clinical and neuropsychological pattern of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease with dementia (PDโd). Sixteen patients clinically diagnosed with DLB were compared with two groups of patients with PDโd (n = 15) and AD (n = 16
Assessment and differentiation of dementia of Alzheimer's type and dementia in Parkinson's disease
โ Scribed by R. H. Steinberg; P. H. Kraus; H. Przuntek
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 91 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-1463
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