Argyrophilic grain disease presenting with frontotemporal dementia: A neuropsychological and pathological study of an autopsied case with presenile onset

Neuropathology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-170

  Ishihara, Kenji ^a,b,f   Araki, Shigeo ^c   Ihori, Nami ^c   Shiota, Jun Ichi ^a   Kawamura, Mitsuru ^b   Yoshida, Mari ^d   Hashizume, Yoshio ^d   Nakano, Imaharu ^e  

^a Ushioda General Hospital   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Kawasaki Abdominal Hospital   (Japan)

^d AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Ushioda General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argyrophilic grain disease; Frontotemporal dementia; Tauopathy

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; APHASIA; ARGYROPHILIC GRAIN DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GLIA CELL; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPEECH DISORDER; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; BRAIN; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 17644375139     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2005.00598.x     Document Type: Article

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