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Article History

Received: 30 January 2018

Accepted: 19 March 2018

First Online: 3 April 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The study was approved by the corresponding Brain Banks' committees (Cérébrothèque/CRB CHU Toulouse N°AC-2009-973, Brain Bank NeuroCEB Paris N°AC-2007-5 and Neurobank Lille N° DC-2008-642). In all cases, in accordance with the French Bioethical Laws, the consents were signed by the patients themselves or their next of kin in their name to permit an autopsy and neuropathological investigation. The national computerized registry of objection to autopsy was systematically consulted. The above cited Brain Banks have been declared at the Ministry of Higher Education and Research and have received approval to distribute samples.

: Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for the publication of this report and any accompanying images as required in the concerned authorized biological resource centers.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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