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ArticleJournal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea)2025

Clinicopathological Correlations of Neurodegenerative Diseases in the National Brain Biobank of Korea.

Young Hee Jung, Jun Pyo Kim, Hee Jin Kim, Hyemin Jang, Hyun Jeong Han, Young Ho Koh, Duk L Na, Yeon-Lim Suh, Gi Yeong Huh, Jae-Kyung Won and 5 more

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Article in Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The Body-First Trajectory: Mapping the Hidden Prologue of Lewy Body Diseases.Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Young Hee JungDepartment of Neurology, Myongji Hospital, Hanyang University, School of Medicine, Goyang, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8945-2200
Jun Pyo KimDepartment of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4376-3107
Hee Jin KimDepartment of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3186-9441
Hyemin JangDepartment of Neurology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3152-1274
Hyun Jeong HanDepartment of Neurology, Myongji Hospital, Hanyang University, School of Medicine, Goyang, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1129-6340
Young Ho KohDivision of Brain Diseases Research, Department of Chronic Disease Convergence Research, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongju, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9934-5321
Duk L NaDepartment of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0098-7592
Yeon-Lim SuhDepartment of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1171-0951
Gi Yeong HuhDepartment of Pathology, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4948-9877
Jae-Kyung WonDepartment of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1459-8093
Seong-Ik KimInstitute of Neuroscience, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7713-3782
Ji-Young ChoiDivision of Brain Diseases Research, Department of Chronic Disease Convergence Research, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongju, Korea. jiyoung0220@gmail.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3863-4442
Sang Won SeoDepartment of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. sangwonseo@empas.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8747-0122
Sung-Hye ParkDepartment of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8681-1597
Eun-Joo KimDepartment of Neurology, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Busan, Korea. eunjookim@pusan.ac.kr.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8460-1377

Funding

Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2016-ER6202-00Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2017-ER6202-00Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2017-ER6203-00Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2018-ER6201-00Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2018-ER6201-01Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2018-ER6201-02Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2018-ER6202-00Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2018-ER6202-01Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2018-ER6202-02Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2018-ER6204-00Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2019-ER6202-00Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2020-ER6201-00Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2020-ER6201-01Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2020-ER6201-02Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2021-ER1001-00Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2021-ER1001-01Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2021-ER1003-00Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2021-ER1003-01Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2021-ER1005-00Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2022-ER1001-00Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2023-ER-1001-01Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2023-ER1002-00Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2023-ER1002-01Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2023-ER1003-00Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2023-ER1003-01Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2023-ER1005-00Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2023-ER1005-01Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2023-NS-002-01Myongji Hospital 2003-01-30
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeThe National Brain Biobank of Korea (NBBK) is a brain bank consortium supported by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency and the Korea National Institute of Health, and was launched in 2015 to support research into neurodegenerative disease dementia (NDD). This study aimed to introduce the NBBK and describes clinicopathological correlations based on analyses of data collected from the NBBK.

methodsFour hospital-based brain banks have been established in South Korea: Samsung Medical Center Brain Bank (SMCBB), Seoul National University Hospital Brain Bank (SNUHBB), Pusan National University Hospital Brain Bank (PNUHBB), and Myongji Hospital Brain Bank (MJHBB). Clinical and pathological data were collected from these brain banks using standardized protocols. The prevalence rates of clinical and pathological diagnoses were analyzed in order to characterize the clinicopathological correlations.

resultsBetween August 2016 and December 2023, 185 brain specimens were collected and pathologically evaluated (SNUHBB: 117; PNUHBB: 27; SMCBB: 34; MJHBB: 7). The age at consent was 70.8±12.6 years, and the age at autopsy was 71.7±12.4 years. The four-most-common clinical diagnoses were Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia (20.0%), idiopathic Parkinson's disease (15.1%), unspecified dementia (11.9%), and cognitively unimpaired (CU) (11.4%). Most cases of unspecified dementia had a pathological diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) vasculopathy (31.8%) or AD (31.8%). Remarkably, only 14.2% of CU cases had normal pathological findings. The three-most-common pathological diagnoses were AD (26.5%), CNS vasculopathy (14.1%), and Lewy body disease (13.5%).

conclusionsThese clinical and neuropathological findings provide a deeper understanding of the mechanisms underlying NDD in South Korea.

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autopsyneurodegenerative diseaseneuropathology

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PMID40308014
PMCPMC12056140

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