Case Report: The Role of Neuropsychological Assessment and Imaging Biomarkers in the Early Diagnosis of Lewy Body Dementia in a Patient With Major Depression and Prolonged Alcohol and Benzodiazepine Dependence

Case Report: The Role of Neuropsychological Assessment and Imaging Biomarkers in the Early Diagnosis of Lewy Body Dementia in a Patient With Major Depression and Prolonged Alcohol and Benzodiazepine Dependence

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is the second most common form of dementia and is assumed to be often under- or misdiagnosed, especially in early stages. Here we present a complex case of probable DLB with major depression and alcohol and benzodiazepine dependence in which DLB was ruled out initiall...

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Main Authors: Caroline Bouter, Niels Hansen, Charles Timäus, Jens Wiltfang, Claudia Lange
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
dementia with Lewy bodies
123I-FP-CIT
18F-FDG-PET
dementia
biomarker
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00684/full

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