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. 2009 Aug 12;132(11):2922–2931. doi: 10.1093/brain/awp214

Table 2.

Anatomical distribution and severity of FUS-immunoreactive pathology in aFTLD-U cases

Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4 Case 5 Case 6 Case 7 Case 8 Case 9 Case 10 Case 11 Case 12 Case 13 Case 14 Case 15
Frontotemporal neocortex ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ +++ + + ++ + +++ + + ++ +
Hippocampus +++ NA ++ ++ +++ +++ ++ + ++ ++ +++ ++ +++ ++ +++
Striatum ++ ++ + ++ ++ ++ + + ++ + ++ NA + NA ++
Lower motor neurons + ++ ++ NA ++ + + NA NA + + NA ++ + NA

Grading: −= absent; += mild; ++ = moderate; +++ = severe; NA = not available.

Score is aggregate of all FUS-positive pathology, including neuronal cytoplasmic inclusions, neuronal intranuclear inclusions, glial inclusions and dystrophic neurites.