Abstract
Description of a case of probable dementia with Lewy bodies featuring parkinsonism, dementia and supranuclear gaze palsy. This is the first patient to our knowledge affected with vertical gaze palsy receiving clinical diagnosis of DLB when alive and to be treated with cholinesterase inhibitors.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Frontal Lobe / diagnostic imaging
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Humans
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Lewy Body Disease / complications
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Lewy Body Disease / diagnostic imaging
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Lewy Body Disease / pathology*
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Male
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Neuropsychological Tests
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Positron-Emission Tomography / methods
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Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
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Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive / complications
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Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive / diagnostic imaging
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Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive / pathology*