Six billion neurons lost in AIDS: A stereological study of the neocortex

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Volumn 103, Issue 7-8, 1995, Pages 525-529

  OSTER, SOLVEIG ^a,b   CHRISTOFFERSEN, PER ^c   GUNDERSEN, HANS‐JØRGEN G ^d   NIELSEN, JENS OLE ^c   PEDERSEN, COURT ^c   PAKKENBERG, RENTE ^a  

^a Center for Health and Society   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

AIDS; cerebral cortex; nerve cell loss; optical disectors; quantitation; stereology

Indexed keywords

ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEURONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028868504     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1995.tb01401.x     Document Type: Review

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