An autopsy case of dementia with Lewy bodies showing autonomic failure and dementia as the initial symptoms [8]

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1212-1213

  Kanazawa, Masato ^a,b   Sanpei, Kazuhiro ^a   Toyoshima, Yasuko ^b   Kawachi, Izumi ^a,b   Honma, Yoshiaki ^c   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^b  

^a Sado General Hospital   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Sado Geriatric Heath Services Facilities   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIDODRINE; THREO 3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLSERINE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRADYKINESIA; CASE REPORT; DEMENTIA; DIZZINESS; HUMAN; LETTER; LEWY BODY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPERTENSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SYNCOPE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE;

EID: 34447528947     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21523     Document Type: Letter

References (6)

1. Yamanaka Y, Asahina M, Hiraga A, Sakakibara R, Oka H, Hattori T. Over 10 years of isolated autonomic failure preceding dementia and Parkinsonism in 2 patients with Lewy body disease. Mov Disord 2007, Epub ahead of print.
2. Kim KW, Lee DY, Jhoo JH, et al. Diagnostic accuracy of minimental status examination and revised Hasegawa dementia scale for Alzheimer's disease. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2005;19: 324-330.
3. McKeith IG, Dickson DW, Lowe J, et al. Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies: third report of the DLB Consortium. Neurology 2005;65:1863-1872.
4. Braak H, Braak E. Neuropathological stageing of Alzheimer-related changes. Acta Neuropathol 1991;82:239-259.
5. Kaufmann H, Nahm K, Purohit D, Wolfe D. Autonomic failure as the initial presentation of Parkinson disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. Neurology 2004;63:1093-1095.
6. Hishikawa N, Hashizume Y, Yoshida M, Sobue G. Clinical and neuropathological correlates of Lewy body disease. Acta Neuropathol 2003;105:341-350.