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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 19.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2008 Jul;8(7):969–978. doi: 10.1517/14712598.8.7.969

Table 1.

FTLD-U Subtypes according to Cairns et al [32].

Type I Type II Type III Type IV
Characteristic
histology
Long dystrophic
neurites
NCI, including
granular “pre-
inclusions”
NCI and short
neurites; NII in some
Many NII
Cortical layers
most affected
Superficial and middle Superficial and deep Superficial Superficial and middle
Dentate gyrus Round NCI Variable granular,
crescent or round NCI
Variable crescent or
round NCI
No NCI
Clinical feature Many patients have
semantic dementia
Some patients have
motor neuron disease
Most patients have
frontotemporal
dementia
Most patients have
frontotemporal
dementia
Genetic linkage None known 9p chromosome
linkage
PGRN VCP