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Family history of dementia: dementia with lewy bodies and dementia in Parkinson's disease.
The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences - 1 Jan 2006
Papapetropoulos Spiridon, Lieberman Abraham, Gonzalez Jocely, Singer Carlos, Laufer Daniel Z, Mash Deborah C
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease with dementia (PD-D) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) may result from the same neurodegenerative process with different temporal and spatial courses. The authors report an association between DLB and family history of dementia in a comparison study between patients with a clinicopathological diagnosis of PD-D and DLB. Findings suggest that positive family history for dementia is associated...
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