How common is dementia with Lewy bodies?

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 697-698

  Barker, R A ^a   Foltynie, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEWY BODY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; BRAIN; FINLAND; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0038354755     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.6.697     Document Type: Editorial

References (5)

1. Rahkonen T, Eloniemi-Sulkava U, Rissanen S, et al. Dementia with Lewy bodies according to the consensus criteria in a general population aged 75 years or older. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:720-4.
2. Stevens T, Livingston G, Kitchen G, et al. Islington study of dementia subtypes in the community. Br J Psychiatry 2002;180:270-6.
3. Yamada T, Hattori H, Miura A, et al. Prevalence of Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies in a Japanese population. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2001;55:21-5.
4. McKeith IG, Ballard CG, Perry RH, et al. Prospective validation of consensus criteria for the diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies. Neurology 2000;54:1050-8.
5. Sulkava R. Differential diagnosis between early Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. Adv Neurol 2003;91:411-3.