• Lewy body dementia (LBD) is an umbrella term for two similar and common subtypes of dementia: dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson's disease...
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    Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a type of dementia characterized by changes in sleep, behavior, cognition, movement, and regulation of automatic bodily...
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    by Parkinson's disease (PD), the Lewy body dementias (Parkinson's disease dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)), and some other disorders.[which...
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  • Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) is a US nonprofit organization based in Lilburn, Georgia, and "dedicated to raising awareness of the Lewy body dementias...
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  • disease dementia (PDD) is dementia that is associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). Together with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), it is one of the Lewy body...
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    frontotemporal dementia, Lewy body disease for dementia with Lewy bodies, and prion diseases. Subtypes of neurodegenerative dementias may also be based on...
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    Robin Williams (category People with Lewy body dementia)
    found "diffuse Lewy body disease", and Lewy body dementia professionals said that his symptoms were consistent with dementia with Lewy bodies. Robin McLaurin...
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  • The Dementia with Lewy Bodies Consortium (DLB Consortium or DLBC) is an international multidisciplinary collaboration of researchers interested in the...
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    with rapid eye movement sleep. Parkinson's disease is linked with Lewy body dementia for their similar hallucinatory symptoms. Presence hallucinations...
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    Synucleinopathy (category Lewy body dementia)
    three main types of synucleinopathy: Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and multiple system atrophy (MSA). Other rare disorders...
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    Estelle Getty (category Deaths from Lewy body dementia)
    from acting in 2001 due to failing health, and died in 2008 from dementia with Lewy bodies. Getty was born Estelle Scher in New York City on July 25, 1923...
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  • onset dementia, with Alzheimer's accounting for between 30 and 40%. Early onset dementia may also occur, less frequently, in the Lewy body dementias (dementia...
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  • Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (category Lewy body dementia)
    progression to a synucleinopathy (usually Parkinson's disease or dementia with Lewy bodies). Melatonin is useful in the treatment of RBD. RBD was first described...
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    producer Alcoholic dementia Lewy body dementia Logopenic progressive aphasia Mini-SEA Proteopathy Transportin 1 Vascular dementia Olney NT, Spina S, Miller...
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  • Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Lewy body dementia, fronto-temporal dementia, subcortical dementia. Neurobehavioral disorders: anxiety and depression...
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  • inside nerve cells of the brain Dementia with Lewy bodies, progressive brain disease associated with degenerative dementia in the elderly A nickname for...
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    degeneration also causes central nervous system diseases (i.e. Alzheimer's, Lewy body dementia, Parkinson's, and Huntington's diseases). Studies have shown that...
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  • Capgras delusion (category Lewy body dementia)
    schizophrenia, but has also been seen in brain injury, dementia with Lewy bodies, and other forms of dementia. It presents often in individuals with a neurodegenerative...
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  • Kenji Kosaka (psychiatrist) (category Lewy body dementia)
    was a Japanese psychiatrist, known for his pioneer research on Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), which he first described. Kosaka was born in Ise, Mie,...
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    Donepezil (category Lewy body dementia)
    donepezil for treatment of mild, moderate and severe dementia in Alzheimer's disease. Lewy body dementia: Some studies have shown benefits of donepezil for...
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    Mark Volman (category People with Lewy body dementia)
    Reveals Lewy Body Dementia Diagnosis". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2023-09-02. Kielty, Martin (2023-06-15). "Turtles' Mark Volman Reveals Dementia Diagnosis"...
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    SN (April 2016). "Lewy Body Dementias: Dementia With Lewy Bodies and Parkinson Disease Dementia". Continuum (Review). 22 (2 Dementia): 435–463. doi:10...
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  • "Defining "prodromal" Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, and Lewy body dementia: are we there yet?". Neuropsychology Review. 18 (1): 70–2....
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    Alpha-synuclein (category Lewy body dementia)
    pathological conditions characterized by Lewy bodies, such as Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies and multiple system atrophy. These disorders...
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  • S. P. Hinduja (category Deaths from Lewy body dementia)
    wife, Madhu, died in January 2023. Hinduja died of complications of Lewy body dementia in London, on 17 May 2023, at age 87. "SP's USP: Family First, Biz...
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    Parkinson's disease from other neurodegenerative diseases such as Lewy Body dementia and multiple system atrophy. Kung, H. F.; Guo, Y. Z.; Billings, J...
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    Ted Turner (category People with Lewy body dementia)
    interview on CBS Sunday Morning in 2018, Turner revealed his diagnosis of Lewy body dementia. When Turner was 26, he entered sailing competitions at the Savannah...
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    was retiring from touring and disclosed that he is suffering from Lewy body dementia. In 1979, Russell was arrested for the attempted robbery of a drug...
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    It is included among the Lewy body diseases and is considered a synucleinopathy, which also encompass dementia with Lewy bodies, multiple system atrophy...
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  • Margaret Tebbit (category Deaths from Lewy body dementia)
    Edmunds, Suffolk, on 19 December 2020 at the age of 86, having had dementia with Lewy bodies. Ross, Deborah (3 October 2009). "Norman Tebbit: 'Margaret and...
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