Is β-APP a marker of axonal damage in short-surviving head injury?

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 608-613

  McKenzie, K J ^a   McLellan, D R ^a   Gentleman, S M ^b   Maxwell, W L ^a   Gennarelli, T A ^c   Graham, D I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

amyloid precursor protein ( APP); Axonal bulbs; Diffuse axonal injury; Head injury; Immunocytochemistry

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER IMPREGNATION; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; AXONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029850514     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050568     Document Type: Article

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