Glial fibrillary tangles and argyrophilic threads: Classification and disease specificity

Neuropathology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-77

  Ikeda, Kenji ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argyrophilic threads; Glial fibrillary tangles; Tau positive structures

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ARGYROPHILIA; ASTROCYTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GLIOSIS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029990781     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.1996.tb00158.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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