Use of anti-neurofilament antibody to identify paired-helical filaments in inclusion-body myositis

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 389-391

  Askanas, Valerie ^a   Alvarez, Renate B ^a   Mirabella, Massimiliano ^a   King Engel, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEREDITARY SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MYOSITIS; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CYTOPLASM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE FIBERS; MYOSITIS, INCLUSION BODY; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; VACUOLES;

EID: 0029944817     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410390318     Document Type: Article

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