Dementia with Lewy bodies

Disease class: α-Synucleinopathies

Disease class: Dementia

Disease class: Neurodegenerative diseases 

Disease class: Parkinsonian disorders

Also known as

DLB, Lewy body disease

 

Pathophysiology

DLB is an alpha-synucleinopathy.

 

Epidemiology

• This is the third most common cause of dementia. 

Differential diagnosis

This is a Parkinson-plus syndrome.