Altered choroid plexus basement membrane and epithelium in late-onset Alzheimer's disease: An ultrastructural study

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 826, Issue , 1997, Pages 507-509

  Serot, J M ^a,d   Bene M C ^b   Foliguet, B ^c   Faure, G C ^b  

^a Hotel Dieu   (France)

^b GRIP Lab d'Immunol (JE DRED 251)   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d Laboratoire d'Immunologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHOROID PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0030709360     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48514.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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