Niemann-Pick disease type C1 predominantly involving the frontotemporal region, with cortical and brainstem Lewy bodies: An autopsy case

Neuropathology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-57

  Chiba, Yoichi ^a   Komori, Hiraku ^a   Takei, Shiro ^a,b   Hasegawa Ishii, Sanae ^a,c   Kawamura, Noriko ^a   Adachi, Kaori ^d   Nanba, Eiji ^d   Hosokawa, Masanori ^a   Enokido, Yasushi ^a   Kouchi, Zen ^a   Yoshida, Futoshi ^a   Shimada, Atsuyoshi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b KOSHIEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frontotemporal atrophy; Lewy body; Neurofibrillary tangle; Niemann Pick disease type C; NPC1 gene

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; FECES INCONTINENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMOBILITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEWY BODY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

FRONTOTEMPORAL ATROPHY; LEWY BODY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE TYPE C; NPC1 GENE;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM; CARRIER PROTEINS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LEWY BODIES; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUTATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE, TYPE C; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84892808989     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/neup.12047     Document Type: Article

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