Nightmares without atonia as an early symptom of diffuse Lewy bodies disease

A male 70 years old patient with diffuse or ''pure'' Lewy body disease is described. The diagnosis was made based on clinical features of nightmares with no atonia, attention deficits with fluctuation in cognitive function, incapacity to find his way around the neighbourhood and...

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Main Authors: Paulo Roberto de Brito-Marques, Roberto Vieira de Mello, Luciano Montenegro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2003-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2003000600009&tlng=en