A Review of Dementia with Lewy Bodies' Impact, Diagnostic Criteria and Treatment

Dementia with Lewy bodies is one of the most common causes of dementia. It is not as common as Alzheimer’s disease; the general public's awareness of the disease is poor in comparison. Its effects on caregivers and patients alike are not well known to the general population. There are currently...

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Autores principales: Capouch, Samuel D., Farlow, Martin R., Brosch, Jared R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Healthcare 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6283803/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29987534
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40120-018-0104-1
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description Dementia with Lewy bodies is one of the most common causes of dementia. It is not as common as Alzheimer’s disease; the general public's awareness of the disease is poor in comparison. Its effects on caregivers and patients alike are not well known to the general population. There are currently no FDA-approved medications specifically for the treatment of DLB. Many of the medications that are approved for Alzheimer’s disease are widely used in the treatment of DLB with varying degrees of success. Treatment of DLB is life long and requires a dedicated team of physicians and caregivers to minimize the degree of morbidity and mortality experienced by the patients suffering from the disease as it progresses.
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spelling pubmed-62838032018-12-26 A Review of Dementia with Lewy Bodies' Impact, Diagnostic Criteria and Treatment Capouch, Samuel D. Farlow, Martin R. Brosch, Jared R. Neurol Ther Review Dementia with Lewy bodies is one of the most common causes of dementia. It is not as common as Alzheimer’s disease; the general public's awareness of the disease is poor in comparison. Its effects on caregivers and patients alike are not well known to the general population. There are currently no FDA-approved medications specifically for the treatment of DLB. Many of the medications that are approved for Alzheimer’s disease are widely used in the treatment of DLB with varying degrees of success. Treatment of DLB is life long and requires a dedicated team of physicians and caregivers to minimize the degree of morbidity and mortality experienced by the patients suffering from the disease as it progresses. Springer Healthcare 2018-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6283803/ /pubmed/29987534 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40120-018-0104-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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