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By Mayo Clinic staff

Lewy body dementia is progressive. Signs and symptoms worsen, causing:

  • Severe dementia
  • Death, on average about eight years after onset
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  1. NINDS Dementia with Lewy bodies information page. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/dementiawithlewybodies/dementiawithlewybodies.htm. Accessed July 6, 2010.
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  4. What is LBD? Lewy Body Dementia Association. http://www.lbda.org. Accessed July 6, 2010.
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