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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Neurol. 2009 Aug;66(2):200–208. doi: 10.1002/ana.21706

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Pathology by clinical status proximate to death.

Blue shades: Pathologic diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Clockwise: light blue - pathologic diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease only (AD); dark blue - pathologic diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and neocortical Lewy bodies (AD+LB); medium blue - pathologic diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and cerebral infarcts (AD+I); aqua - pathologic diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, cerebral infarcts and neocortical Lewy bodies (AD+I+LB).

Red shades: Cerebral infarcts and/or neocortical Lewy bodies (with no pathologic diagnosis of AD). Clockwise: pink - cerebral infarcts or neocortical Lewy bodies (I ± LB); red - cerebral infarcts and neocortical Lewy bodies (I+LB).

White: No pathologic diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, no cerebral infarcts, no neocortical Lewy bodies.