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Dementia, primary degenerative

Found: 54 | Differences: 29

Dementia, Lewy-body type

Found: 112 | Differences: 87

Dementia, Lewy-body type and Dementia, primary degenerative sharing 25 common findings. ( show all, show common, show differences)

Demographics & Risk Factors
- Sex & Age Groups
  - Population/Adult/all
  - Population/Adult-Aged Only
  - Population/Elderly/Aged patient
  - Population/Seventies adult
Clinical Manifestations
- Disease Progression
  - Course/Chronic disorder
  - Course/Chronic only
- Signs & Symptoms
  - Failure to Thrive
  - Abulia status/inert/no motivation
  - Acalcula/Dyscalcula
  - Anomia
  - Apathy/Indifference
  - CNS symptoms/signs
  - Cognitive defect
  - Impaired judgement/signs
  - Jaw jerk increased
  - Near recall/memory deficit/defect
  - Nightmares/excess dreaming (Paroniria)
  - Rooting reflex present
  - Ruminating/jaw movements
  - Short term memory loss
  - Agitation
  - Depressed/discouraged/sad
  - Loss inhibition/Dysinhibition, social
  - Low Frustration tolerance in Elderly
  - Low Frustration tolerance/adult
  - Personality changes/gradual
  - Queer bizarre behavior/change
  - Urinary Incontinence in Elderly
  - Aged Adult
  - Listlessness/lassitude
  - Personal hygiene problems/slovenly
  - Urine Incontinence
Laboratory Tests
- Abnormal Lab Findings (Non Measured)
  - Specific Single Nucleotide Polymorphism/SNIP genome type
Diagnostic Test Results
- CT Scan
  - CT Scan/Head Cortical atrophy
  - MRI/Head Brain Abnormal
  - MRI/Head Cortical atrophy
  - MRI/Head Dilated ventricles/per cortex atrophy
  - MRI/Head Ventricular enlargement
Associated Diseases & Rule outs
- Associated Disease & Complications - Rule Outs
  - Creutzfeld-Jacob disease
- Associated Disease & Complications - Causes
  - Cerebral cortical atrophy
  - Dementia
  - Depression, reactive
  - Hallucinations
  - Secondary Psychosis/Symptomatic
Disease Mechanism & Classification
- Class
  - CLASS/Primary organ/system disorder (ex)
  - CLASS/Brain/CNS disorder (ex)
  - CLASS/Neurologic (category)
- Pathophysiology
  - Pathophysiology/Gene locus 3p11.1-q11.2
  - Pathophysiology/Gene locus chromosome 3
  - Pathophysiology/Gene locus Chromosome 3p
  - Pathophysiology/Gene Locus Identified/OMIM database
  - Pathophysiology/Genomic indentifiers (polymorphism/snip/mutations)
  - Pathophysiology/Neurologic degenerative disorder (ex)
- Process
  - PROCESS/Use/Age/atrophic disorder (category)

Demographics & Risk Factors
- Sex & Age Groups
  - Population/Adult/all
  - Population/Adult-Aged Only
  - Population/Elderly/Aged patient
  - Population/Seventies adult
Clinical Manifestations
- Typical Clinical Presentation
  - Presentation/Movement disorder/ataxia/dementia progressive
- Clinical Presentation & Variations
  - Rapidly progressive dementia
- Disease Progression
  - Course/Chronic disorder
  - Course/Chronic only
  - Course/Exacerbation/remission
  - Course/Progressive
  - Onset/insidious
- Signs & Symptoms
  - Hypomimia/Lack of facial expression
  - Mask-like facies
  - Dysphagia/Swallowing difficulties
  - Failure to Thrive
  - Rigidity/Muscle/movement
  - Stiffness in Extremities
  - Altered mental status/Mental status change
  - Ataxia
  - Ataxia/Staggering Gait
  - Basal ganglion signs
  - Bradykinesia
  - Cognitive defect
  - Cogwheel resistance/passive stretch
  - Decreased attention span
  - Delirium
  - Delirium/Agitated delirium
  - Dementia with wide fluctuation/cognition/signs
  - Drowsiness/somnolence
  - Fluctuating consciousness
  - Gait disturbance/abnormality
  - Mental slowing/deteriation
  - Micrographia
  - Motor slowing
  - Near recall/memory deficit/defect
  - Neurologic manifestations/signs
  - Neurological symptoms/signs
  - Postural lability/easy to push over
  - Progressive neurological disorder/signs
  - Reversed/perverse sleep pattern/rhythm
  - Scatologia
  - Short term memory loss
  - Shuffling 'magnetic' gait
  - Sudden unconsciousness
  - Tremor
  - Tremor 3-4 cps (hertz) frequency
  - Tremor in Elderly
  - Tremor,resting
  - Delusions
  - Hallucination/visual
  - Low Frustration tolerance in Elderly
  - Simian stance/gate/bent forward/stooped/flexed
  - Difficulty speaking/phonating
  - Hypophonia/Strained/Quiet Voice
  - Voice change/disturbance/Unusual
  - Urinary Incontinence in Elderly
  - Aged Adult
  - Episodic symptoms/events
  - Falling
  - Falling/in the elderly/complaint
Diagnostic Test Results
- Pathology
  - BX/Brain biopsy/Abnormal
  - PATH/Brain eosinophilic neuronal inclusions
  - PATH/Brain Lewy bodies
  - PATH/Brain/Immunochemical/ubiquitin proteins
  - PATH/Brain/Lewy bodies basal ganglia
  - PATH/Brain/Lewy bodies cortex/limbic areas
- Electrodiagnosis
  - EEG/Frontal burst pattern
  - EEG/Slow wave activity
- CT Scan
  - CT Scan/Head Cortical atrophy
  - CT Scan/Head lesion basal ganglia
  - MRI/Head Brain Abnormal
  - MRI/Head Cortical atrophy
  - MRI/Head lesions basal ganglia
Associated Diseases & Rule outs
- Associated Disease & Complications - Rule Outs
  - Alzheimers disease
  - Cerebral Angiitis syndrome
  - Creutzfeld-Jacob disease
  - Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease
  - Hashimotos encephalitis
  - Parkinsonism-dementia complex
- Associated Disease & Complications - Causes
  - Alzheimers disease
  - Carotid sinus syncope/sensitivity
  - Cerebral cortical atrophy
  - Dementia
  - Dementia, Lewy body type
  - Hallucinations
  - Neuroleptics effect/toxicity
  - Parkinsonism, secondary
  - Parkinsonism-dementia complex
  - Parkinsons disease
  - Psychosis
  - Psychosis, atypical
  - Secondary Psychosis/Symptomatic
  - Syncope/Fainting
Disease Mechanism & Classification
- Class
  - CLASS/Brain/CNS disorder (ex)
  - CLASS/Cerebral cortex disorder (ex)
  - CLASS/Neurologic (category)
- Pathophysiology
  - Pathophysiology/Neurodevelopmental disorders
  - Pathophysiology/Cortical motor neuron disease
  - Pathophysiology/Neurologic degenerative disorder (ex)
- Process
  - PROCESS/Degenerative/necrosis disorder (category)
  - PROCESS/Use/Age/atrophic disorder (category)
Synonyms
- Synonym
  - Synonym/Alzheimers with Parkinsons disease
  - Synonym/Lewy-body disease
  - Synonym/Lewy-body variant/Alzheimers disease
  - Synonym/Senile dementia/Lewy-body type
Treatment
- Drug Therapy
  - RX/Carbidopa-Levodopa (Sinemet)
  - RX/Clozapine (Clozaril)
  - RX/Donepezil (Aricept)
  - RX/No effective/definitive treatment yet available
  - RX/Risperidone (Risperdal)
  - RX/Tacrine (Cognex)
  - SX/Brain biopsy

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