TY - JOUR AU - Thomas, Alan J. AU - Mahin-Babaei, Fariba AU - Saidi, Mohammad AU - Lett, Debbie AU - Taylor, John Paul AU - Walker, Lauren AU - Attems, Johannes PY - 2018 DA - 2018/03/01 TI - Improving the identification of dementia with Lewy bodies in the context of an Alzheimer’s-type dementia JO - Alzheimer's Research & Therapy SP - 27 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - Dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) are the two most common neurodegenerative causes of dementia. They commonly occur together, especially in older people, but clinical identification of these diseases in dementia is difficult in such circumstances. We therefore conducted a study using cases with both comprehensive prospective clinical assessments and complete neuropathological examination to determine if it is possible to identify such mixed cases clinically and to determine features which may identify DLB in the presence of AD dementia. SN - 1758-9193 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13195-018-0356-0 DO - 10.1186/s13195-018-0356-0 ID - Thomas2018 ER -