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Co-occurrence of multiple pathologies in a case of frontotemporal dementia with TBK1 mutation: first in vivo detection of alpha-synuclein and tau co-pathology.
Acta neuropathologica communications - 25 Jul 2025
Bernhardt Alexander M, Roeber Sigrun, Ruf Viktoria, Wlasich Elisabeth, Weidinger Endy, Longen Sebastian, Trossbach Svenja V, Gnörich Johannes, Brendel Matthias, Herms Jochen, Giese Armin, Höglinger Günter U, Levin Johannes
Abstract excerpt
We present the case of a 74-year-old woman with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) linked to a pathogenic TANK-binding kinase 1 (TBK1) mutation (c.1349_1352del; p.Ile450Lysfs*15). During clinical workup, the patient underwent comprehensive biomarker analysis, including tau positron emission tomography (PET) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) seed amplification assay (SAA) for α-synuclein (αSyn). While...
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