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2. Most Early-Onset Dementia Not Alzheimer's
Other neurodegenerative, autoimmune diseases are more often cause, study finds
3. Dementia
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Dementia is a loss of brain function that occurs with certain diseases. Reviewer: Luc Jasmin, MD, PhD, Departments of Anatomy & Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
4. Lewy Body Dementia
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Lewy body dementia (LBD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that can occur in persons older than 65 years of age, which typically causes symptoms of cognitive (thinking) impairment and abnormal behavioral changes. Author: Laith Farid Gulli MD, Robert Ramirez DO, Nicole Mallory MS, PA-C Expand your search to include all of U.S. News
5. Lewy Body Disease -- National Library of Medicine
Dementia with Lewy Bodies (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary. Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: Glossary (Alzheimer's Association). Dementia with Lewy Bodies (Alzheimer's Association). http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/lewybodydisease.html
6. Dementia: Lewy Body Dementia -- Information from the Merck Manual
Other common causes are Lewy body dementia and destruction of brain tissue by strokes, which results in vascular dementia (multi-infarct dementia). Lewy body dementia is progressive loss of mental function due to specific changes in brain tissue,... http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec06/ch083/ch083c.html#sec06-ch083-ch083c-539
7. Dementia With Lewy Bodies - Next Steps -- EMedicineHealth Consumer Information
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is the name for a group of disorders in which dementia is caused by the presence of Lewy bodies in the brain. DLB is now believed to be the second or third most common type of dementia after Alzheimer disease,... http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/48208-6.asp |
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