Neuropathological classification of huntington’s disease

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1985, Pages 559-577

  Vonsattel, Jean Paul ^a,b   Myers, Richard H ^c   Stevens, Thomas J ^b   Ferrante, Robert J ^a   Bird, Edward D ^b   Richardson, Edward P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudate nucleus; Corpus striatum; Huntington's chorea; Morphometry; Neuronal atrophy; Putamen

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLASSIFICATION; CORPUS STRIATUM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN;

CAUDATE NUCLEUS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; NEURONS;

EID: 0022395922     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: 15546578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-198511000-00003     Document Type: Article

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