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Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body disease and aging: a comparative study of the perforant pathway.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Apr 1997
Lippa C F, Pulaski-Salo D, Dickson D W, Smith T W
Abstract excerpt
The relationship between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Lewy body disease (LBD) is poorly understood. In AD there is severe loss of neurons comprising the perforant pathway. To assess perforant pathway integrity in pure LBD we compared neuronal counts in layer II of the entorhinal cortex (ERC) in 11 cases of pure LBD that did not meet CERAD pathologic criteria for AD with ERC neuronal counts from seven AD cases...
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