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. 1999 Mar;45(3):353-7.
doi: 10.1002/1531-8249(199903)45:3<353::aid-ana11>3.0.co;2-4.

Antibodies to alpha-synuclein detect Lewy bodies in many Down's syndrome brains with Alzheimer's disease

C F Lippa  1 , M L Schmidt, V M Lee, J Q Trojanowski
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Antibodies to alpha-synuclein detect Lewy bodies in many Down's syndrome brains with Alzheimer's disease

C F Lippa et al. Ann Neurol. 1999 Mar.

Abstract

Immunohistochemical examination of 20 Down's syndrome brains, using antibodies to alpha-, beta-, and gamma-synuclein, demonstrated many alpha-synuclein-positive Lewy bodies and dystrophic neurites in 50% of amygdala samples from Down's syndrome brains with Alzheimer's disease. Similar lesions were less common in other regions of these brains, none of which contained beta-synuclein or gamma-synuclein abnormalities. Thus, alpha-synuclein-positive Lewy bodies and neuritic processes frequently occur with Alzheimer's disease in Down's syndrome brains.

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