Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 298, Issue 1 , Pages 70-77 , 15 November 2010

Clinicopathological characteristics of FTLD-TDP showing corticospinal tract degeneration but lacking lower motor neuron loss

  • Zen Kobayashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychogeriatrics, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, 2-1-8 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8585, Japan
    • Department of Neurology and Neurological Science, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychogeriatrics, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, 2-1-8 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 156-8585, Japan. Tel.: +81 3 3304 5701; fax: +81 3 3329 8035.
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  • Kuniaki Tsuchiya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychogeriatrics, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, 2-1-8 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8585, Japan
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  • Tetsuaki Arai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychogeriatrics, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, 2-1-8 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8585, Japan
    • Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan
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  • Osamu Yokota

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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  • Mari Yoshida

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropathology, Institute for Medical Science of Aging, Aichi Medical University, Aichi 480-1195, Japan
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  • Yoko Shimomura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychogeriatrics, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, 2-1-8 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8585, Japan
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  • Hiromi Kondo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychogeriatrics, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, 2-1-8 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8585, Japan
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  • Chie Haga

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychogeriatrics, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, 2-1-8 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8585, Japan
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  • Toshiyasu Asaoka

      Affiliations

    • National Hospital Organization Shimofusa Psychiatric Medical Center, Chiba 266-0007, Japan
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  • Mitsumoto Onaya

      Affiliations

    • National Hospital Organization Shimofusa Psychiatric Medical Center, Chiba 266-0007, Japan
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  • Hideki Ishizu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Zikei Institute of Psychiatry, Okayama 702-8508, Japan
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  • Haruhiko Akiyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychogeriatrics, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, 2-1-8 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8585, Japan
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  • Hidehiro Mizusawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Neurological Science, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan

Received 1 June 2010 ,Revised 30 July 2010 ,Accepted 6 August 2010.

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PII: S0022-510X(10)00362-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.08.013

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 298, Issue 1 , Pages 70-77 , 15 November 2010

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