Cerebral Microbleeds in Patients with Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Parkinson Disease Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

The burden of amyloid β is greater in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies than in those with Parkinson disease dementia, and an increased amyloid β load is closely related to a higher incidence of cerebral microbleeds. Here, we investigated the prevalence and topography of cerebral microbleeds in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies and those with Parkinson disease dementia to examine whether cerebral microbleeds are more prevalent in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies than in those with Parkinson disease dementia.

Materials and methods

The study population consisted of 42 patients with dementia with Lewy bodies, 88 patients with Parkinson disease dementia, and 35 controls who underwent brain MR imaging with gradient recalled-echo. Cerebral

SUBMITTER: Kim SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7968772 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature