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| ArticleTitle | Recent concept of Lewy body disease |
| Language | J |
| AuthorList | Kenji Kosaka |
| Affiliation | Yokohama Houyuu Hospital |
| Publication | Japanese Journal of Neuropsychology: 24 (3), 230-234, 2008 |
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| Abstract | As the author has proposed since 1980, the term "Lewy body disease" (LBD) is recently used as the generic term including Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease with dementia (PDD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). LBD has the neuropathological characteristics that numerous Lewy bodies are present in the central and sympathetic nervous systems, and belongs to alpha-synucleinopathy because the main component of Lewy body is alpha-synuclein. In this paper the author explained the recent concept of LBD from the historical view-point. |
| Keywords | Lewy body disease, diffuse Lewy body disease (DLBD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease-dementia (PDD) |
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