Dementia characterized by abundant neurofibrillary tangles and scarce senile plaques: A quantitative pathological study

European Neurology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 94-97

  Itoh, Y ^a   Yamada, M ^b   Yoshida, R ^a   Suematsu, N ^a   Oka, T ^c   Matsushita, M ^c   Otomo, E ^a  

^a Yokufukai Geriatric Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dementia; Hippocampus; Neurofibrillary tangle; Senile plaque

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; AMYLOIDOSIS; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030028935     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000117216     Document Type: Article

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