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Histopathological changes underlying frontotemporal lobar degeneration with clinicopathological correlation.
Acta neuropathologica - 1 Nov 2005
Shi Jing, Shaw Catherine L, Du Plessis Daniel, Richardson Anna M T, Bailey Kathryn L, Julien Camille, Stopford Cheryl, Thompson Jennifer, Varma Anoop, Craufurd David, Tian Jinzhou, Pickering-Brown Stuart, Neary David, Snowden Julie S, Mann David M A
Abstract excerpt
We have investigated the pathological correlates of dementia in the brains from a consecutive series of 70 patients dying with a clinical diagnosis of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). Clinical misdiagnosis rate was low with only 3 patients (4%) failing to show pathological changes consistent with this diagnosis; 1 patient had Alzheimer's disease and 2 had cerebrovascular disease (CVD). In the remaining...
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