loading...| Preferred Name |
Lewy body dementia |
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| Synonyms |
cortical Lewy body disease Lewy body disease DLB Lewy body dementia Senile dementia of the Lewy body type lewy body dementia, susceptibility to dementia with Lewy bodies dementia, Lewy body diffuse Lewy body disease diffuse Lewy body disease with gaze palsy Lewy body variant of Alzheimer disease |
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| Definitions |
A progressive form of dementia characterized by the presence of protein deposits called Lewy bodies in the midbrain and cerebral cortex, and loss of cholinergic and dopaminergic neurons. The signs and symptoms overlap with Alzheimer and Parkinson disease. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0007488 |
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| has_exact_synonym |
cortical Lewy body disease Lewy body disease DLB Lewy body dementia Senile dementia of the Lewy body type lewy body dementia, susceptibility to dementia with Lewy bodies |
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| has_related_synonym |
dementia, Lewy body diffuse Lewy body disease diffuse Lewy body disease with gaze palsy Lewy body variant of Alzheimer disease |
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| IAO_0000233 | ||
| label |
Lewy body dementia |
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| prefixIRI |
MONDO:0007488 |
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| prefLabel |
Lewy body dementia |
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| textual definition |
A progressive form of dementia characterized by the presence of protein deposits called Lewy bodies in the midbrain and cerebral cortex, and loss of cholinergic and dopaminergic neurons. The signs and symptoms overlap with Alzheimer and Parkinson disease. |
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