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Case Reports
. 2015 Aug 18;85(7):652-3.
doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001851. Epub 2015 Jul 22.

Diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids presenting as primary progressive aphasia

Carly Oboudiyat  1 , Eileen H Bigio  2 , Borna Bonakdarpour  2 , Matt C Baker  2 , Rosa Rademakers  2 , Sandra Weintraub  2 , M-Marsel Mesulam  2
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Diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids presenting as primary progressive aphasia

Carly Oboudiyat et al. Neurology. .
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Figure. MRI and gross pathology of leukoencephalopathy presenting as primary progressive aphasia
Axial fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequences of MRI as the disease progressed (A) from 3 years from onset and (B) 6 years from onset. (C) Gross coronal section of autopsied brain shows mild on the right, and severe on the left, parietal white matter degeneration and (D) axonal spheroids, neurofilament immunohistochemistry (Dako, Carpinteria, CA).
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