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Accuracy of the clinical diagnoses of Lewy body disease, Parkinson disease, and dementia with Lewy bodies: a clinicopathologic study.
Archives of neurology - 1 Jul 1998
Litvan I, MacIntyre A, Goetz C G, Wenning G K, Jellinger K, Verny M, Bartko J J, Jankovic J, McKee A, Brandel J P, Chaudhuri K R, Lai E C, D'Olhaberriague L, Pearce R K, Agid Y
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Whether Parkinson disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) represent 2 distinct nosologic entities or are diverse phenotypes of Lewy body disease is subject to debate. OBJECTIVES: To determine the accuracy of the diagnoses of Lewy body disease, PD, and DLB by validating the clinical diagnoses of 6 neurologists with the neuropathologic findings and to identify early predictors of the diagnoses....
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