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Cholinergic dysfunction in diseases with Lewy bodies.
Neurology - 25 Jan 2000
Tiraboschi P, Hansen L A, Alford M, Sabbagh M N, Schoos B, Masliah E, Thal L J, Corey-Bloom J
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate cholinergic activity in diseases with Lewy bodies (LB; LB variant of AD [LBV], diffuse LB disease [DLBD], and Parkinson's disease [PD]) to determine if 1) AD changes are requisite to cholinergic dysfunction, 2) cholinergic activity declines to the same extent in neocortical and archicortical areas, and 3) cholinergic loss is influenced by APOE genotype. BACKGROUND: Like AD, diseases with LB...
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