Scanning electron microscopical study of the neurofibrillary tangles of Alzheimer's disease

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 78-86

  Itoh, Yoji ^a   Amano, Naoji ^b   Inoue, Masayuki ^a,b   Yagishita, Saburo ^a  

^a KANAGAWA REHABILITATION CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Neurofibrillary tangles; Paired helical filament; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES;

EID: 0030793067     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050675     Document Type: Article

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