Dementia with Lewy bodies: disease concept and genetics.

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Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) was first recognized as a clinicopathological entity about 20 years ago. It is the second most-common degenerative dementia after Alzheimer's disease. Clinically, DLB differs from Alzheimer's disease in that disease symptoms are prone to fluctuate and patients often suffer from visual hallucinations, while short-term memory is relatively preserved. As many as 70% of patients have...

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