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cortical Lewy body disease — a disorder characterized by a combination of parkinsonism and dementia, which typically fluctuates. Visual hallucinations are common, and there is exquisite sensitivity to phenothiazine drugs. Abnormal proteins called Lewy bodies are found within … The new mediacal dictionary
Lewy body — Lewy bodies are abnormal aggregates of protein that develop inside nerve cells. They are identified under the microscope when histology is performed on the brain. Lewy bodies appear as spherical masses that displace other cell components. There… … Wikipedia
Lewy bodies — see cortical Lewy body disease F. H. Lewy (1885 1950), German neurologist * * * concentrically laminated intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies consisting of α synuclein, seen in neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson disease and multiple … Medical dictionary
Lewy body dementia — dementia with Lewy bodies a type of dementia with similarities to both Parkinson disease and Alzheimer disease, with Lewy bodies in the cortical neurons; patients have decreased verbal fluency and visual spatial awareness … Medical dictionary
Lewy bodies — see cortical Lewy body disease [F. H. Lewy (1885–1950), German neurologist] … The new mediacal dictionary
Dementia with Lewy bodies — Classification and external resources Lewy bodies are the pathophysiological characteristic of the disease ICD 10 G … Wikipedia
Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… … Medical dictionary
Cortical visual impairment — (CVI) is a form of visual impairment that is caused by a brain problem rather than an eye problem. (The latter is sometimes termed ocular visual impairment when discussed in contrast to cortical visual impairment.) Some people have both CVI and a … Wikipedia
body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the … Medical dictionary
Parkinson's disease — Parkinson s redirects here. For other uses, see Parkinson s (disambiguation). Parkinson s disease Classification and external resources … Wikipedia
