Neurodegenerative disorders with extensive tau pathology: A comparative study and review

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-148

  Feany, Mel B ^a,c   Dickson, Dennis W ^a,b,c  

^a New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CYTOSKELETON; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0029790283     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410400204     Document Type: Review

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