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What is 'body-first'?
This individual with multiple PD risk factors had cardiac noradrenergic deficiency and intact striatal dopaminergic innervation when first evaluated. Over time he developed cognitive dysfunction and decreased putamen 18F-DOPA-derived radioactivity. Eventually he was diagnosed with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). This case illustrates 'body-first' DLB.
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