Amyloid deposits of immunohistochemically different classes in the ligamentum flavum in biopsies from patients with herniated discs or lumbar spinal stenosis

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-59

  Gies, U ^a   Linke, R P ^b   Schachenmayr, W ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agerelated; Amyloid deposits; Immunohistochemical identification; Ligamentum flavum

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOID; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0030052158     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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