hi eleanor

i did a quick search in our list archives and found these:

>> search lewy body dementia in parkinsn from 19980101 to today
>-> 10 matches. [pared down to 4]
>
>Item #   Date   Time  Recs   Subject
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>039455 98/03/26 16:02  250   Dr. Lieberman's testimony before Congress: 3/26/98
>048519 98/09/17 01:24   31   low blood pressure / stability / medication
>056430 99/02/10 13:29   11   Check out LEWY BODY DEMENTIA
>057343 99/03/13 07:19   85   Differences between Parkinsons and other dementia

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here are some "snippets of context" from the abocve messages:
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>>>> Item #39455 (26 Mar 1998 16:02) - Dr. Lieberman's testimony before Congress:
>Thirty percent of Parkinson's disease patients develop a dementia which has
>                                                         ^^^^^^^^
>many similarities to Alzheimer's disease. A smaller portion of PD patients
>develop a dementia, at an earlier age, called Lewy-body dementia. Whether the
>          ^^^^^^^^                            ^^^^ ^^^^
>dementia of Parkinson's disease  and Alzheimer's disease are different, or the
>^^^^^^^^
>same is now under intense investigation. Approximately 50% of Parkinson's
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>>>> Item #48519 (17 Sep 1998 01:24) - low blood pressure / stability / medication
>
>background:  my father has been diagnosed with parkinsonism and lewy body
>                                                              ^^^^ ^^^^
>dementia.  pd symptoms are not extensive at this point.  (has the masked face,
>^^^^^^^^
>shuffled gait, quiet voice, rigidity on right side, etc.  no sign of tremor as
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>>>> Item #56430 (10 Feb 1999 13:29) - Check out LEWY BODY DEMENTIA
>From:         Barbara Smith <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      Check out LEWY BODY DEMENTIA
>                        ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^
> <A HREF="http://dementia.ion.ucl.ac.uk/candid/factsheets/facts4.htm">Click
>                 ^^^^^^^^
>here: LEWY BODY DEMENTIA</A>
>      ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^
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>>>> Item #57343 (13 Mar 1999 07:19) - Differences between Parkinsons and other dementia
>Organization: @Home Network
>Subject:      Differences between Parkinsons and other dementia
>
>a relatively recently described disorder in which there is Parkinson's
>disease as well as a particular type of dementia.
>                                        ^^^^^^^^
>in the substantia nigra have abnormal accumulations of material called
>"Lewy bodies," which is a characteristic finding under the microscope.
> ^^^^
>In Lewy body dementia, these same abnormalities are seen in cells in the
>   ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^
>grey matter of the brain.
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you should get some good search results on the wwweb as well
if you use my favourite search engine "Google"
[on my links pages in my web-site]


janet

janet paterson
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