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
The synaptic pathology of α-synuclein aggregation in dementia with Lewy bodies, Parkinson’s disease and Parkinson’s disease dementia
✍ Scribed by Walter J. Schulz-Schaeffer
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 828 KB
- Volume
- 120
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6322
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