Difference between LBD and AD, and how is LBD diagnosed?

The Mayo Clinic has a large clinic in Rochester, MN. The local newspaper in Rochester has a health column where questions are occasionally answered by Mayo physicians. Here are recent questions where Mayo Jacksonville dementia expert Neill Graff-Radford, MD answers. The questions are — What’s the difference between Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer’s, and How is Lewy body dementia diagnosed?

Here’s a link to the article:

www.postbulletin.com/life/health/many-with-lewy-body-dementia-also-have-alzheimer-s-disease/article_856173ba-127d-5e0b-98b8-fd4ecfc4401d.html

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Many with Lewy body dementia also have Alzheimer’s disease
by Tom Jargo
Post Bulletin
Feb 6, 2017

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