Sensitivity and specificity of three clinical criteria for dementia with Lewy bodies in an autopsy‐verified sample

To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the clinical features of three published diagnostic criteria for diffuse Lewy body disease (DLBD) using autopsy‐confirmed Alzheimer's (AD), DLBD and AD+DLBD (mixed) dementia cases.

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