Early detection of inflammation-associated amyloid in murine spleen using thioflavin T fluorescence of spleen homogenates: Implications for amyloidogenesis

Amyloid

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-27

  Graether, Steffen P ^a   Young, Iain D ^a   Kisilevsky, Robert ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AA amyloidosis; AEF; Amyloid enhancing factor; Thioflavin T; Time course

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002815020     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506129609014351     Document Type: Article

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