Cognitive decline and dementia affect approximately 30% to 40% of patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease during the course of their illness. PD-dementia (PDD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) are second to Alzheimer's disease in causing degenerative dementia in the elderly. The nosological
Eyelid retraction in dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s disease
✍ Scribed by Marco Onofrj; Daniela Monaco; Laura Bonanni; Valeria Onofrj; Stefania Bifolchetti; Lamberto Manzoli; Astrid Thomas
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 191 KB
- Volume
- 258
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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