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. 2010 Oct 7;5:39. doi: 10.1186/1750-1326-5-39

Table 3.

Summary of Clinico-Neuropathology Analysis in UCSD AN-1792-Immunized Cases

Case ID Blessed [63] MMSE Total plaque Neuritic plaques Tangles CAA Neuropathology diagnosis
19 26 8 23 7 0 3 Lewy body Variant of AD
20 17 18 50 0 0 2 AD
22 28 10 4 3 0 0 HS, severe frontal lobe atrophy

MMSE, mini-mental state examination; CAA, cerebral amyloid angiopathy; AD, Alzheimer's diease; HS, hippocampal sclerosis. The counts are representative from the frontal cortex. For each case, 3 sections were analyzed. Total plaques include diffuse and mature with a maximum score of 50 (100 × magnification). Neuritic plaques are defined as those containing a corona of dystrophic neurites with a maximum score of 50 (100 × magnification). Tangles were assessed at 400 × magnification with a maximum score of 50. CAA was assessed as 0, none; 1, mild; 2, moderate; 3, severe using thioflavine-S staining.