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Diane

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A pathologist has just finished an autopsy and includes in her report a reference to Lewy bodies. This means that in her autopsy, she has discovered
 
  a. senile plaques filled with protein.
  b. ballooning of nerve cells and enlarged areas between adjacent neurons.
  c. rounded clumps of protein surrounded by masses of destroyed neural tissue.
  d. rounded deposits in nerve cells often found in the brains of patients with Parkinson's disease.

Question 2

Vascular neurocognitive disorder and Alzheimer's disease have very similar
 
  a. causes.
  b. rates of onset.
  c. motor impairments.
  d. cognitive symptoms.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: d.

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Answer: d.





 

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