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The different groups of researchers began to realize that a collaborative approach was needed if research was to advance. [233] The DLB Consortium was established, and, in 1996, the term dementia with Lewy bodies was agreed upon, [89] and the first criteria for diagnosing DLB were elaborated. [40]
Generally, dementia with Lewy bodies is distinguished from Parkinson's disease dementia by the time frame in which dementia symptoms appear relative to parkinsonian symptoms and is diagnosed when cognitive symptoms begin before or at the same time as parkinsonism. Parkinson's disease dementia is the diagnosis when Parkinson's disease is already ...
People with vascular dementia (1 C, 9 P) Pages in category "People with dementia" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
Dementia gets worse with time, but some people stay in the early stages of dementia longer and can remain independent for many years. However, others experience rapid dementia progression and will ...
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The signs, symptoms and cognitive profile of PDD are similar to those of DLB; [2] DLB and PDD are clinically similar after dementia occurs in Parkinson's disease. [5] Parkinson's disease is a risk factor for PDD; it speeds up decline in cognition leading to PDD. [2] Up to 78% of people with PD have dementia. [2]
The researchers looked at 181 potential risk factors, and then estimated how likely they are to predict dementia and cognitive impairment for people two, four, and 20 years after they turn 60.
Dementia with Lewy bodies: DM Diabetes mellitus: DMD Duchenne muscular dystrophy: DP Doss porphyria/ALA dehydratase deficiency/Plumboporphyria (the disease is known by multiple names) DPT Diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus: DRSP disease Drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae disease DS Down syndrome: DSPS Delayed sleep phase syndrome: DTs Delirium ...