Originally posted on www.neurology.org

Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) is currently diagnosed clinically by identifying dementia in combination with a number of hallmark features: REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), prominent visual hallucinations, parkinsonism, and marked fluctuations of cognition and alertness.1 DLB is often underdiagnosed, suggesting a role for biomarkers. The main differential diagnosis of DLB is Alzheimer disease (AD);

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