Lewy bodies
Lewy bodies (loo-i) pl. n. abnormal proteins found in the nerve cells of the cerebral cortex and basal ganglia in patients with cortical Lewy body disease, which is characterized by a combination of parkinsonism and dementia. [ F. H. Lewy (1885–1950), German neurologist]
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