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. 2015 May 24;31(1):5–17. doi: 10.1177/1533317515581704

Table 1.

Clinical Diagnostic Features of DLB. 13,14

Central feature
  • Progressive cognitive deterioration that negatively impact normal daily activities both at personal, family and social levels

Core features
  • Fluctuations in cognition

  • Recurrent visual hallucinations

  • Parkinsonism

Suggestive features
  • Severe neuroleptic sensitivity

  • REM slip disorder behavior

  • Low dopamine transporter uptake in basal ganglia as found in single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) or positron emission tomography (PET) scans

Supportive features
  • Repeated falls and syncope

  • Transient loss of consciousness

  • Severe neuroleptic sensitivity

  • Severe autonomic dysfunction

  • Depression

  • Systematic delusions

Abbreviation: DLB, dementia with Lewy bodies.