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  1. In addition to this woman's brain, I hope that her eating habits, lifestyle, etc. can be investigated.

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  2. These results fit well with our brain bank data: hippocampal tangles are always observed in aging, more or less. With amyloidosis, there is a development of the basic tauopathy, leading to Alzheimer disease.

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    . Nonoverlapping but synergetic tau and APP pathologies in sporadic Alzheimer's disease. Neurology. 2002 Aug 13;59(3):398-407. PubMed.

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