- NINDS: Dementia With Lewy Bodies
Information sheet compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke about the Lewy body dementia, one of the most progressive dementia. Includes disease description, treatment, and prognosis.
www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/dementiawithlewybodies/dementiawithlewybodies.h...
- Lewy Body Journal
Journal detailing the effects of Lewy Body Disease on a mother and how her family cares for her.
www.lewybodyjournal.org
- MayoClinic: Lewy Body Dementia
Comprehensive overview featuring symptoms, complications, and treatment of Lewy body dementia which affects the brain regions involved in thinking and movement.
www.mayoclinic.com/health/lewy-body-dementia/DS00795
- MedlinePlus: Lewy Body Disease
Provides overview, diagnosis, symptoms, and treatment of one of the most common causes of dementia in the elderly, also called dementia with Lewy bodies.
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/lewybodydisease.html
- Lewy Body Dementia Directory
Articles about dementia with Lewy bodies.
www.zarcrom.com/users/alzheimers/odem/lewy-d.html
- Lewy-Net
Pathology and research on dementia with Lewy Bodies. From the Nottingham Medical School.
www.nottingham.ac.uk/pathology/lewy/lewyinfo.html
- Living With Lewy Body
Personal experiences of the daily living with and caring for a person with Lewy body dementia.
livingwithlewybody.blogspot.com
- Wikipedia: Dementia With Lewy Bodies
User-edited article about the type of dementia characterized by abnormal levels of Lewy bodies, a nervous system protein.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewy_body_dementia
- eMedicine: Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB)
Features background and summary of medications and therapies used to slow the progression of DLB.
emedicine.medscape.com/article/1135041-overview
- UCSF Memory and Aging Center: Dementia With Lewy Bodies
Disease information about dementia with Lewy bodies, the neurodegenerative disorder associated with abnormal Lewy bodies found in certain areas of the brain.
memory.ucsf.edu/Education/Disease/dlb.html
- Lewy Body Dementia Symptoms and Diagnostic Criteria
Clinical diagnostic criteria for LBD groups' symptoms and manifestations. From the Lewy Body Dementia Association.
www.lbda.org/category/3438/symptoms.htm
- Merck Manual: Lewy Body Dementia
Includes symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of Lewy body dementia.
www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual_ha/sec3/ch27/ch27d.html
- CNN: Lewy Body Dementia
Information about the form of dementia in which abnormal Lewy bodies develop in the regions of brain involved in thinking and movement.
www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/lewy-body-dementia/DS00795.html
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