Faculty Articles
Diffuse Lewy Body Disease: Clinical, Pathological, and Neuropsychological Review
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Neuropsychology Review
ISSN
1040-7308
Publication Date
9-1999
Abstract
The pathophysiological etiologies and clinical presentations of neurodegenerative dementias have been found to be complex and heterogeneous. Recently, Lewy body inclusions have been identified as an etiological factor in 20–34% of autopsied dementia cases. The term diffuse Lewy body disease (DLBD) is generally accepted as the diagnostic term representative of this currently under-reported and under-recognized disease. This article reviews the literature on the clinical, pathological, and neuropsychological features of this disorder. Differential diagnostic issues are discussed as well as current pharmacological treatment. Nine confirmed cases of DLBD are presented to demonstrate the various features of this disorder. The diagnostic implications of neuropsychological examination results are discussed in relation to other common dementing neurologic diseases.
DOI
10.1023/A:1021626420760
Volume
9
Issue
3
First Page
137
Last Page
150
NSUWorks Citation
Luis, C.,
Mittenberg, W.,
Gass, C. S.,
Duara, R.
(1999). Diffuse Lewy Body Disease: Clinical, Pathological, and Neuropsychological Review. Neuropsychology Review, 9(3), 137-150.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/572
