Dementia with Lewy bodies: Early diagnostic challenges

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 128-138

  Fujishiro, Hiroshige ^a,b   Iseki, Eizo ^a,b   Nakamura, Shinichiro ^a,b   Kasanuki, Koji ^a,b   Chiba, Yuhei ^a,b   Ota, Kazumi ^a   Murayama, Norio ^a   Sato, Kiyoshi ^a,b  

^a JUNTENDO TOKYO KOTO GERIATRIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; DLB; Mild cognitive impairment; Olfactory dysfunction; Parkinson's disease; REM sleep behaviour disorder

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE;

AMNESIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DYSAUTONOMIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; DLB; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; OLFACTORY DYSFUNCTION; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOUR DISORDER;

DEMENTIA; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRODROMAL SYMPTOMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 84879026536     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyg.12005     Document Type: Review

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