Comparison of the neurofibrillary pathology in Alzheimer's disease and familial presenile dementia with tangles

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-48

  Spillantini, M G ^a   Crowther, R A ^a   Goedert, M ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amyloid; Alzheimer's disease; Familial presenile dementia with tangles; Neurofibrillary pathology; Tau protein

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ANTIBODY; TAU PROTEIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURITE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPIL; PRESENILE DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SENILE PLAQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0030000867     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050487     Document Type: Article

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