Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with a mutation in exon 4 of the Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase gene: Pathological and immunocytochemical changes

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 395-403

  Ince, Paul G ^a   Shaw, Pamela J ^b   Slade, Janet Y ^a   Jones, Cheryl ^c   Hudgson, Peter ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cu Zn superoxide dismutase; Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Neurofilament phosphorylation; Pathology; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UBIQUITIN;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CELL INFILTRATION; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0029792449     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050535     Document Type: Article

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