Senile amyloidoses of the pituitary and adrenal glands. Morphological and statistical investigations

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 429, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 293-299

  Röcken, Christoph ^a,b   Eick, Beate ^a   Saeger, Wolfgang ^a  

^a Marienkrankenhaus ^*  (Germany)

^b WARRINGTON AND HALTON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Immunohistochemistry; Intracellular amyloid; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID P COMPONENT; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; UBIQUITIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILITY;

ADRENAL GLANDS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 0029801321     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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