Why the study?
Are there sex differences in the clinical manifestations and diagnostic accuracy of pathologically confirmed dementia with Lewy bodies?
Population
211 participants with pathologically defined dementia with Lewy bodies from the National Alzheimer’s…
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Women may be underdiagnosed with DLB by current criteria; leaves open need for sex-specific diagnostic refinements in future studies.
Are there sex differences in the clinical manifestations and diagnostic accuracy of pathologically confirmed dementia with Lewy bodies?
Women with pathologically confirmed dementia with Lewy bodies are less likely to manifest core clinical features and may be clinically underdiagnosed compared to men.
Collier et al. (1991) studied this question.
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