LATE, a form of dementia that appears in the oldest-old is often mistaken for Alzheimer's disease, but the brain pathology is very different. The protein TDP-43 appears to play a significant role in the development of LATE. The neurodegenerative disease may progress more gradually than Alzheimer's, but when combined with Alzheimer's disease (a common combination), appears to cause a more rapid decline than either would alone.![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uShm-PweuKRRSeAz-9nhUkI-n3uS_Uga1cw_ruHJCRsndMmdeavZiJDCJqhLhkvEZ7DNzzmkzfRLIiCLPuAAplEmhD6tgaUqi8J2hwPArImS0P7Btgg75VepyfH0CO5U2eN--YEkJrNxpIy74n3j9NB6VqSNctung=s0-d)
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