Ultrastructural immunolabelling of amyloid fibrils in acquired and hereditary amyloid neuropathies

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-67

  Adams, David ^a   Said, Gérard ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Immunoelectron microscopy; Immunoglobulin light chains; Neuropathy; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; GOLD; PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN A;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDONEURIUM; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; MALE; NERVE BIOPSY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, LAMBDA-CHAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREALBUMIN;

EID: 0029655975     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00878533     Document Type: Article

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