Amnesia in Frontotemporal Dementia with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Masquerading Alzheimer’s Disease

A 68-year-old man with a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) later developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which was confirmed at autopsy at age 72 years. Because neuronal loss and AD-type pathologies (Braak stage II for neurofibrillary tangles) were scant, TDP-43-positive intracyt...

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Main Authors: A. Yamanami-Irioka, T. Uchihara, T. Endo, T. Irioka, M. Watanabe, M. Kitagawa, H. Mizusawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2011-10-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/331859