'Neuritic conglomerates' in the cerebral cortex of a patient with Creutzfeld-Jakob disease

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 319-323

  Shintaku, Masayuki ^a   Ogura, Jun ^b   Terashima, Akira ^c  

^a OSAKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KOHNAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Glomeruloid structures; Neurofilament; Neuronal plasticity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARGYROPHILIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES;

EID: 0029774050     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050525     Document Type: Article

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