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Lewy Body Dementia – Diagnosis and Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ian G. McKeith ,
Douglas Galasko ,
Gordon K. Wilcock  and
E. Jane Byrne
Ian G. McKeith*
Affiliation:
University Sub-Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute for the Health of the Elderly, Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE
Douglas Galasko
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosciences (Neurology), University of California, San Diego and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA
Gordon K. Wilcock
Affiliation:
Department of the Care of the Elderly, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol BS16 1LE
E. Jane Byrne
Affiliation:
School of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of Manchester, Withington Hospital, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR
*
Professor I. G. McKeith, University Sub-Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute for Health of the Elderly, Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 167 , Issue 6 , December 1995 , pp. 709 - 717
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Copyright © 1995 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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