Autopsy findings in a case of dementia with Lewy bodies with marked autonomic failure and repetitive cardiopulmonary arrest

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 596-599

  Iwasaki, Yasushi ^a,c   Yokokawa, Yuki ^a   Aiba, Ikuko ^a   Yoshida, Mari ^b  

^a Meito ku   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic failure; Car diopulmonary arrest; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Diffuse Lewy body disease; Orthostatic hypotension

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; DEMENTIA; FECES INCONTINENCE; GAIT DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PARKINSONISM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 25144457030     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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