Alzheimer’s Disease vs. Dementia With Lewy Bodies - Different Survival Times?

Abstract

✓ With the present essay, our goal is to compare the survival time after diagnosis in individuals suffering from Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies; ✓ Furthermore, we aim to investigate the (possible) contributing factors for those differences. BACKGROUNDOver the past century, there has been a rapid aging of the population, especially in the western countries. Given this fact, we