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A case has been reported in which neuroaxonal dystrophy is present in a patient who had a clinical syndrome compatible with subacute dementia. These findings, accompanied by demyelination and gliosis were restricted to the rostral half of the corpus callosum and the cortical spinal tract. The interrelationship between neuroaxonal dystrophy and dementia is discussed.
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This work was supported in part by Grant Number NB-08549-04 from the National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland.
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Torack, R.M., Hughes, C.P. Neuroaxonal dystrophy in subacute dementia. Acta Neuropathol 22, 264–268 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00684529
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00684529