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What is Lewy body dementia? Lewy body dementia is a neurodegenerative condition with some features common with Alzheimer\’s disease and Parkinson\’s disease. In fact, 40% of the Alzheimer\’s patients have Lewy bodies in their brain and almost all advanced Lewy body dementia patients show features of parkinsonism.   Lewy bodies are eosinophilic (alpha-synuclein) intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies.…