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Revisão para psicólogos da segunda causa mais comum de demência neurodegenerativa em idosos

2009; Desafio Singular; Volume: 5; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.6063/motricidade.5(2).181

2182-2972

Rosângela Bertelli, José João Pinhanços de Bianchi, Eduardo Chaves Cruz,

Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Malignant forms of cognitive decline are caused by a variety of neuropathological conditions. Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is among such conditions. Even though such a condition represents the second most frequent cause of neurodegenerative dementia in elderly people, it is still very little known by psychologists. Psychologists can play a very important role in the process of cognitive evaluation and differential diagnosis between this neurodegenerative condition and neuropsychiatric conditions. Knowledge of DLB is thus extremely important and it may mean a decrease in fatality rate.