Neurofibrillary Tangle - Other Conditions

Other Conditions

  • Progressive supranuclear palsy although with straight filament rather than PHF tau
  • Dementia pugilistica (chronic traumatic encephalopathy)
  • Frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 however without detectable β-amyloid plaques.
  • Lytico-Bodig disease (Parkinson-dementia complex of Guam)
  • Ganglioglioma and gangliocytoma
  • Meningioangiomatosis
  • Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
  • As well as lead encephalopathy, tuberous sclerosis, Hallervorden-Spatz disease, and lipofuscinosis

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