Occurrence of interleukin-6 in cortical plaques of Alzheimer's disease patients may precede transformation of diffuse into neuritic plaques

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 777, Issue , 1996, Pages 205-212

  Hull M ^a   Berger, M ^a   Volk, B ^a   Bauer, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; SENILE PLAQUE; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 0029986869     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb34420.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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