Alexander's disease in a Bernese mountain dog

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 200-204

  Weissenböck, Herbert ^a   Obermaier, Gabriele ^b   Dahme, Erwin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alexander's disease; Bernese mountain dog; Dog; Rosenthal fibers

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MYELIN;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DOG; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAY MATTER; HINDLIMB; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE FIBERS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030048893     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050414     Document Type: Article

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