Differential Diagnosis of Dementias - Alzheimer's Association
Differential Diagnosis of Dementias - Alzheimer's Association
Differential Diagnosis of Dementias - Alzheimer's Association
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Pathologic Pr<strong>of</strong>iles <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dementias</strong><br />
Pathologic Signs AD PDD DLB VaD bvFTD<br />
Neuritic plaques ●●● ● ●● - -<br />
NFTs ●●● ● ●● - -<br />
Cortical Lewy bodies ● ● ●● - -<br />
Subcortical Lewy bodies ● ●●● ●●● - -<br />
Ischemic damage ●● - - ●●● -<br />
Tau or TDP-43 inclusions - - - - ●●●<br />
Biochemical Deficit AD PDD DLB VD FTD<br />
Cholinergic ●●● ●●●● ●●● -/● -<br />
Dopaminergic ● ●●● ●●● - -<br />
- Generally absent ● Infrequent ●● Typical ●●● Hallmark Feature ●●●● Severe Deficit<br />
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