Molecular classification of the dementias

D M Mann; A M McDonagh; J Snowden; D Neary; S M Pickering-Brown

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)05207-1

Molecular classification of the dementias

Lancet. 2000 Feb 19;355(9204):626. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)05207-1.

Authors

D M Mann, A M McDonagh, J Snowden, D Neary, S M Pickering-Brown

PMID: 10696988
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)05207-1

Abstract

Most patients with frontotemporal dementia do not have taupathology as shown by immunohistochemistry. The use of the term tauopathy to classify frontotemporal dementia is inappropriate.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Brain / pathology
Brain Chemistry
Dementia / classification
Dementia / genetics
Dementia / pathology*
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
tau Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

tau Proteins