Authors' Reply: Mixed Alzheimer's and Lewy-related Pathology Can Cause Corticobasal Syndrome with Visual Hallucinations

Dementia with Lewy bodies, visual hallucinations, and medications.

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Visual hallucinations in dementia with Lewy bodies : transcranial

Visual hallucinations are a feature of many psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder as well as proto-typical conditions such as Charles Bonnet syndrome. However, their prevalence is particularly high in Lewy body diseases including Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease with dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies; and in the latter up to 80% of individuals are affe...

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