Identification of phosphorylation sites in PHF-TAU from patients with Guam Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/Parkinsonism-Dementia Complex

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1051-1059

  Mawal Dewan, Madhumalti ^a   Schmidt, M Luise ^a   Balin, Brian ^b   Perl, Daniel P ^c   Lee, Virginia M Y ^a   Trojanowski, John Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Guam ALS PDC; Neurofibrillary tangles; Tau

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; GUAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 0029823961     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199655100-00005     Document Type: Article

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