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Medicine & Public Health
Neuroradiology
Lucilla Parnetti
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Open AccessAccuracy of the clinical diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) among the Italian Dementia Centers: a study by the Italian DLB study group (DLB-SINdem)
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) may represent a diagnostic challenge, since its clinical picture overlaps with other dementia. Two toolkits have been developed to aid the clinician to diagnose DLB: the Lewy Bo...
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Open AccessCerebrospinal fluid levels of proenkephalin and prodynorphin are differentially altered in Huntington’s and Parkinson’s disease
Proenkephalin (PENK) and prodynorphin (PDYN) are peptides mainly produced by the striatal medium spiny projection neurons (MSNs) under dopaminergic signaling. Therefore, they may represent candidate biomarkers...
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Open AccessRedefinition of dementia care in Italy in the era of amyloid-lowering agents for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease: an expert opinion and practical guideline
No disease-modifying therapies are currently available for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in Europe. Current evidence from clinical trials testing anti-beta amyloid (Aβ) monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in patients with...
