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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 08 > Diagnosing a mystery

Diagnosing a mystery

Lewy body disease is often mistaken for other types of dementia

By Markian Hawryluk / The Bulletin
May 8, 2008

In 2003, Milton Carmen, a Yale-educated physicist and successful real estate developer, noticed a disturbing trend. At age 79, he was struggling to find the words he wanted to use. A neurologist prescribed him a medication used to treat Alzheimer's disease.

The next year, while on a trip away....

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