Table 1

Summary of patients and numbers of Marinesco bodies

		Patients		Age at death		Pathological diagnosis		Numbers of Marinesco bodies
		Patients		Age at death		Pathological diagnosis		HE	Ubiquitin	Ataxin-3
Control		1	54	Oesophageal cancer	8	9	8
		2	66	Malignant lymphoma	21	19	19
		3	53	Lung cancer	29	34	37
		4	51	Cervical cancer	28	34	30
		5	70	Myocardial infarction	68	64	61
Mean		58.8		30.8	32	31
Hepatic	6	67	Liver cirrhosis	24	30	28
Encephalopathy		7	66	Hepatocellular carcinoma	49	58	52
		8	52	Liver cirrhosis	91	90	95
		9	46	Hepatocellular carcinoma	30	35	23
		10	66	Hepatocellular carcinoma	138	145	138
Mean		59.4		66.4	71.6	67.2