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Imaging in Dementia With Lewy Bodies: An Overview

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Sean Colloby

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Abstract

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) while common in older age can present a diagnostic challenge to clinicians and is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer disease (AD). Imaging studies have improved our understanding of the neurobiological changes in DLB during life and how they differ from AD. This has led to significant advances in the development of new techniques, such as dopaminergic imaging, which can aid the clinical diagnosis. Other functional imaging methods also show promise in helping to assess the influence of differing pathologies in DLB, most notably, AD-related and vascular pathology during life. This article will provide an overview of the main imaging findings in DLB.


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Author(s): Watson R, Colloby SJ

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Year: 2016

Volume: 29

Issue: 5

Pages: 254-260

Print publication date: 01/09/2016

Online publication date: 08/08/2016

Acceptance date: 02/04/2016

ISSN (print): 0891-9887

ISSN (electronic): 1552-5708

Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0891988716654984

DOI: 10.1177/0891988716654984


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