A comparative analysis of cognitive disturbances in dementia with Levy's bodies and Alzheimer's disease

Basing on a neuropsychological study of 50 patients with dementia with Levy's bodies (DLB) and 50 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), peculiarities of cognitive impairment in these diseases are discussed. In similar severity of dementia, patients with DLB demonstrated a greater impairm...

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Published inZhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova Vol. 105; no. 1; p. 20
Main Authors Preobrazhenskaia, I S, Mkhitarian, E A, Iakhno, N N
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published Russia (Federation) 2005
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Alzheimer Disease - complications
Alzheimer Disease - physiopathology
Cognition Disorders - diagnosis
Cognition Disorders - etiology
Cognition Disorders - physiopathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Lewy Body Disease - complications
Lewy Body Disease - physiopathology
Male
Neuropsychological Tests
Perceptual Disorders - physiopathology
Severity of Illness Index
Space Perception - physiology
Visual Perception - physiology
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Summary:Basing on a neuropsychological study of 50 patients with dementia with Levy's bodies (DLB) and 50 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), peculiarities of cognitive impairment in these diseases are discussed. In similar severity of dementia, patients with DLB demonstrated a greater impairment of executive and visual-spatial functions as well as neurodynamic disturbances and patients with AD had more severe memory impairment.
ISSN:1997-7298