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Published in final edited form as: Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2021 Jan-Mar;35(1):55–61. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000414

Table 1.

Diagnostic Tests “Ever” Used Clinically by Experts for Diagnosing Dementia with Lewy Bodies

Test	Number (%) of Investigators Reporting Ever Using the Test for DLB Diagnosis (n=22)
Neuropsychological testing	22 (100%)
Magnetic resonance imaging	20 (90.9%)
Dopamine transporter imaging	19 (86.4%)
Cerebrospinal fluid testing	15 (68.2%)
SPECT/PET perfusion/metabolism	14 (63.6%)
Polysomnography	13 (59.1%)
Genetic testing	7 (31.8%)
MIBG myocardial scintigraphy	3 (13.6%)
Quantitative EEG	2 (9.1%)

DLB: Dementia with Lewy bodies, SPECT: single-photon emission computed tomography, PET: positron emission tomography, MIBG: metaiodobenzylguanidine, EEG: electroencephalography