Camptocormia as presenting sign in dementia with Lewy bodies

Neuromuscular diseases associated with camptocormia include primary and inflammatory myopathies, myasthenia gravis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy [1]. [...]we concluded that camptocormia was the first sign of DLB, occurring 5 years before classic...

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Published in:Clinical neurology and neurosurgery 2013-11, Vol.115 (11), p.2397-2398
Main Authors: Gavrylova, Natalia, Limousin, Nadège, Belin, Jérémie, de Toffol, Bertrand, Praline, Julien
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Anteroflexion
Back pain
Camptocormia
Dementia
Dementia - complications
Dementia - diagnosis
Dementia - pathology
Dementia with Lewy bodies
Family medical history
Humans
Hypotheses
Indexing in process
Lewy Body Disease - complications
Lewy Body Disease - pathology
Male
Muscular Atrophy, Spinal - diagnosis
Muscular Atrophy, Spinal - etiology
Muscular Atrophy, Spinal - pathology
Neurology
Neuromuscular diseases
Neuropsychological Tests
Neurosurgery
Parkinsonism
Restless legs syndrome
Signs
Spinal Curvatures - diagnosis
Spinal Curvatures - etiology
Spinal Curvatures - pathology
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Summary:Neuromuscular diseases associated with camptocormia include primary and inflammatory myopathies, myasthenia gravis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy [1]. [...]we concluded that camptocormia was the first sign of DLB, occurring 5 years before classical signs of DLB.
ISSN:0303-8467
1872-6968
DOI:10.1016/j.clineuro.2013.09.005