loading...| Preferred Name |
Lewy Body Dementia |
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| Synonyms |
Dementia with Lewy bodies Lewy Body Dementia Lewy Body 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://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C84826 |
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| code |
C84826 |
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| Concept_In_Subset |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C193184 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C192842 |
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| Contributing_Source |
Cellosaurus mCode |
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| 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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| FULL_SYN |
Dementia with Lewy bodies Lewy Body Dementia Lewy Body Disease |
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| label |
Lewy Body Dementia |
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| Preferred_Name |
Lewy Body Dementia |
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C84826 |
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| Semantic_Type |
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0752347 |
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| subClassOf |