Alzheimer's disease with spastic paresis and cotton wool type plaques.

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We reviewed Alzheimer's cases with spastic paresis and cotton wool type plaques in five Japanese and nine Caucasian cases. Most were early onset familial Alzheimer's disease with presenilin 1 mutations. The cotton wool type plaques were related to extremely high production of A beta 42, due mainly to presenilin 1 mutations and low immune responses. Cotton wool plaques were numerous in the entire central nervous...

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