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Staging of argyrophilic grains: an age-associated tauopathy.
Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology - 1 Sept 2004
Saito Yuko, Ruberu Nyoka N, Sawabe Motoji, Arai Tomio, Tanaka Noriko, Kakuta Yukio, Yamanouchi Hiroshi, Murayama Shigeo
Abstract excerpt
We have reported that the ambient gyrus is the site with the greatest accumulation of argyrophilic grains (AGs) and that the degeneration of the ambient gyrus is responsible for dementia with grains. Here we analyzed 1,405 serial autopsy cases from 2 hospitals and detected AGs only in cases older than 56 years of age. The distribution of AGs followed a stereotypic regional pattern. Thus, we propose the following...
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