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Variant Alzheimer's Disease with Spastic Paraparesis and Supranuclear Gaze Palsy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Namita Sinha ,
David Grimes ,
Shinya Tokuhiro ,
Christine Sato ,
Ekaterina Rogaeva  and
John Woulfe
Namita Sinha*
Affiliation:
Division of Anatomical Pathology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
David Grimes
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Univerity of Ottawa, Ottawa
Shinya Tokuhiro
Affiliation:
Center for Research of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Tanz Neuroscience Building, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Christine Sato
Affiliation:
Center for Research of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Tanz Neuroscience Building, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ekaterina Rogaeva
Affiliation:
Center for Research of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Tanz Neuroscience Building, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
John Woulfe
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Univerity of Ottawa, Ottawa
*
Division of Anatomical Pathology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University, Mackenzie Building, 5788 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 1V8, Canada. Email: drnamitasinha1@gmail.com.
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 40 , Issue 2 , March 2013 , pp. 249 - 251
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2013

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