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Recent research reveals that cholinesterase inhibitors could potentially slow down cognitive decline and reduce mortality in the first year for patients with dementia with Lewy bodies.
Recent research at Karolinska Institutet investigated the long-term effectiveness of cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine in managing DLB. The study, involving over a thousand patients, suggests that cholinesterase inhibitors not only slow cognitive decline over five years but also decrease mortality risk in the first year post-diagnosis, though these observations are limited by the study’s non-experimental design.
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