title: [Dementia with Lewy Bodies and its differentiation from Alzheimer's disease].
abstract: Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) accounts for approximately 20 % of all autopsy-confirmed dementias in the elderly. Presumably, DLB is underdiagnosed in patients without or with only mild Parkinsonian symptoms in the daily routine of memory clinics. This motivated the Austrian Alzheimer Society and the Austrian Parkinson Society to inform about core features, suggestive features and supportive clinical findings of DLB and to provide information on diagnostic possibilities leading to better differential diagnosis. We also guide in the management of DLB as pharmacological treatment can pose difficult dilemmas for the treating clinician.
authors.affiliation: Neurologische Universitätsklinik Graz, Medizinische Universität Graz. reinhold.schmidt@meduni-graz.at
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ransmayr
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Katzenschlager
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dal-Bianco
authors.forename: Gregor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wenning
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bancher
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jellinger
authors.forename: Reinhold
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Poewe
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001317:Austria; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007980:Levodopa / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020961:Lewy Body Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests
chemical_list: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors; D007980:Levodopa