Frédéric Blanc

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Professor of Geriatrics, Geriatrician and Neurologist Disease with Lewy bodies Alzheimer's disease Lewy body disease University of Strasbourg University Hospital of Strasbourg

We know this is a particular emotive subject for Lewy body families. Delusions (false beliefs) which may include delusions of ‘misidentification’ i.e. not recognising someone or something are more common in Lewy body dementia than in other dementias. #Lewybodydementia #Capgrassyndrome

The Real Imposter Syndrome: When Lewy Body Dementia Makes Family Strangers | Lewy Body

Capgras syndrome is a delusion of misidentification in which a person believes that someone close to them has been replaced by a double or imposter. In Lewy

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