Accumulation of β-amyloid precursor protein in HIV encephalitis: Relationship with neuropsychological abnormalities

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 34-40

  Giometto, Bruno ^a,b   An, Shu F ^a   Groves, Mike ^a   Scaravilli, Tomaso ^b   Geddes, Jennian F ^c   Miller, Robert ^c   Tavolato, Bruno ^b   Beckett, Andrew A J ^a   Scaravilli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE FIBER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; SILVER STAINING;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS DEMENTIA COMPLEX; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS;

EID: 0030738647     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410420108     Document Type: Article

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