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Low amyloid (Abeta) plaque load and relative predominance of diffuse plaques distinguish argyrophilic grain disease from Alzheimer's disease.
Neuropathology and applied neurobiology - 1 Aug 1999
Tolnay M, Calhoun M, Pham H C, Egensperger R, Probst A
Abstract excerpt
Argyrophilic grain disease constitutes one cause of late-onset dementia. Its classification among dementia disorders is still unclear because most of the reported argyrophilic grain disease cases are associated with neurofibrillary lesions (e.g. neurofibrillary tangles) which are also typical of Alzheimer's disease. In the present study we determine whether argyrophilic grain disease is associated with the senile...
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