On the relationship between measles virus and Alzheimer neurofibrillary tangles in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 527-533

  Bancher, C ^a   Leitner, H ^b   Jellinger, K ^b   Eder, H ^b   Setinek, U ^b   Fischer, P ^b   Wegiel, J ^b   Wisniewski, H M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL NEUROBIOLOGY   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cowdry A bodies; Immunohistochemistry; Measles virus; Neurodegenerative diseases; Neurofibrillary tangles; Paired helical filaments; Pathogenesis; Subacute slerosing panencephalitis; Tau

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEASLES VIRUS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0029812139     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-4580(96)00069-3     Document Type: Article

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