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Dementia With Lewy Bodies in a Nigerian: A Case Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2005

Adesola Ogunniyi ,
Effiong E. U. Akang ,
Oye Gureje ,
Masaki Takao ,
Pedro Piccardo ,
Olusegun Baiyewu ,
Kathleen S. Hall ,
Bernardino Ghetti  and
Hugh C. Hendrie
Adesola Ogunniyi
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Effiong E. U. Akang
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Oye Gureje
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Masaki Takao
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Labratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana. Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Pedro Piccardo
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Labratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana. Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Olusegun Baiyewu
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Kathleen S. Hall
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Indiana University Center on Aging Research, Regenstreif Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana. Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Bernardino Ghetti
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Labratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana. Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Hugh C. Hendrie
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Indiana University Center on Aging Research, Regenstreif Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana. Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Abstract

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is the second most common neuropathologically diagnosed cause of degenerating dementia after Alzheimer's disease. We report the first autopsy-confirmed case in sub-Saharan Africa in a Nigerian patient. The case presented highlights the varied clinical presentation of DLB, and is intended to raise awareness about another possible cause of dementia in Nigerian subjects.

Keywords

DementiaLewy bodiesα-synucleinneuropathologyclinical features
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , June 2002 , pp. 211 - 218
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© 2002 International Psychogeriatric Association

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