We studied the only two living affected individuals who are part of a previously reported kindred that expresses a hereditary parkinsonism-dementia syndrome with Lewy body pathology. The electrophysiological characteristics of the hyperkinetic movement disorders in these patients were examined to pr
Dementia in dementia with Lewy bodies may not be attributable to Alzheimer pathology
โ Scribed by Jonathan M. Schott; Andrew J. Lees; Martin N. Rossor
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 41 KB
- Volume
- 56
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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