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==Argyrophilic grain disease==
==Argyrophilic grain disease==


==Corticobasal degeneration==
*AKA '''CBD'''.
*Symptoms may vary:
**Progressive asymmetrical rigidity and apraxia, progressive aphasia or dementia.
*Neuronal and glial Tau-positive inclusions.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Dickson | first1 = DW. | last2 = Bergeron | first2 = C. | last3 = Chin | first3 = SS. | last4 = Duyckaerts | first4 = C. | last5 = Horoupian | first5 = D. | last6 = Ikeda | first6 = K. | last7 = Jellinger | first7 = K. | last8 = Lantos | first8 = PL. | last9 = Lippa | first9 = CF. | title = Office of Rare Diseases neuropathologic criteria for corticobasal degeneration. | journal = J Neuropathol Exp Neurol | volume = 61 | issue = 11 | pages = 935-46 | month = Nov | year = 2002 | doi =  | PMID = 12430710 }}</ref>
**Astrocytic plaques.
**Thread-like lesions
*Pathology is cortical and striatal and Gallyas-positive.
*Neuronal loss in the substantia nigra.


==Globular glial tauopathies==
==Globular glial tauopathies==