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Lewy bodies
[lā′wē, lo̅o̅′ē]
Etymology: Frederick H. Lewy, German neurologist, 1885-1950
concentric spheres found inside vacuoles in midbrain and brainstem neurons of patients with idiopathic parkinsonism, Alzheimer's disease, and other neurodegenerative conditions.


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DELRAY BEACH, FL Our beloved Nettie Kravitz succumbed to her courageous battle with Lewy Body disease, a rare form of dementia, on Monday August 24, 2009.
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