Amyloid P immunoreactivity precedes C4d deposition on extracellular neurofibrillary tangles

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-92

  Schwab, Claudia ^a   Steele, John C ^a   McGeer, Edith G ^a   McGeer, Patrick L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Guam Memorial Hospital   (Guam)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Complement system; Guam; Immunohistochemistry; Lytico bodig; amyloid protein

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT C4D; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; SERUM AMYLOID P;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT C4; COMPLEMENT C4B; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; SERUM AMYLOID P-COMPONENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030636643     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050586     Document Type: Article

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