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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2008 Jul;67(7):649–656. doi: 10.1097/NEN.0b013e31817d7a1d

Table 4.

Possible Changes in the CDLB Criteria with Results from Prospective Cases

Alzheimer-type pathology
NIA Low (Braak stage 0-II) NIA Interm. (Braak stage III-IV) NIA High (Braak stage V NIA High (Braak stage VI)
Lewy body pathology No Lewy bodies CDLB Low 0/3*** CDLB Low 0/9 CDLB Low 0/3 CDLB Low 1*/7
Amygdala only CDLB Low 0 CDLB Low 0 CDLB Low 0 CDLB Low 0/2
Brainstem CDLB Low 0 CDLB Low 0 CDLB Low 0 CDLB Low 0
Limbic CDLB High 2/2 CDLB Interm 2/2 CDLB Low 0/1 CDLB Low 2/4
Diffuse CDLB High 6/6 CDLB High 20/21 CDLB Interm. 9/10 CDLB Low 1/5

Possible changes in the CDLB criteria with results from prospective cases. Each box shows the ratio of clinically probable DLB to the total number of cases in that pathologic category for all 76 prospectively diagnosed DLB and AD cases.

*

Includes 1 mixed PSP/AD case that had clinically probable DLB.

**

Includes 2 cases of FTLD-U and 1 case of CBD with clinically probable AD.