Key Takeaways
Dementia with Lewy bodies is the second most common form of degenerative dementia after Alzheimer's disease.
Diagnosing it can be difficult due to substantial overlap with other neurodegenerative disorders.
A meta-analysis showed that clinically diagnosed dementia with Lewy bodies was uncommon, likely reflecting underdiagnosis.
Dementia with Lewy bodies -- a disease characterized by faster progression and greater functional decline than Alzheimer's disease -- was confirmed as a predominantly late-onset dementia with incidence rising sharply with age, a systematic review and meta-analysis showed.
