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“Minimal change” multiple system atrophy with limbic-predominant α-synuclein pathology

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Abbreviations

GCI:

Glial cytoplasmic inclusion

MSA:

Multiple system atrophy

NCI:

Neuronal cytoplasmic inclusion

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the patients and their families who donated brains. We also acknowledge Linda Rousseau, Virginia Phillips, Ariston Librero, and Monica Castanedes-Casey for their neuropathologic assistance. This work is supported by Tau Consortium (Rainwater Charitable Foundation), a Jaye F. and Betty F. Dyer Foundation Fellowship in progressive supranuclear palsy research, and CBD Solutions Research Grant.

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    Shunsuke Koga & Dennis W. Dickson

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Koga, S., Dickson, D.W. “Minimal change” multiple system atrophy with limbic-predominant α-synuclein pathology. Acta Neuropathol 137, 167–169 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-018-1901-4

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