Clinicians' ability to diagnose dementia with Lewy bodies is not affected by β-amyloid load

Neurology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 496-499

  Tiraboschi, Pietro ^a   Attems, Johannes ^b   Thomas, Alan ^b   Brown, Andrew ^b   Jaros, Evelyn ^b   Lett, Debbie J ^b   Ossola, Maria ^c   Perry, Robert H ^b   Ramsay, Lynne ^b   Walker, Lauren ^b   McKeith, Ian G ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BUSTO ARSIZIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSONISM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE; COHORT ANALYSIS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84925959181     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001204     Document Type: Article

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