Argyrophilic grain disease: Distribution of grains in patients with and without dementia

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 353-358

  Tolnay, M ^a   Schwietert, M ^a   Monsch, A U ^b   Staehelin, H B ^b   Langui, D ^a   Probst, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Geriatrische Universitatsklinik   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Argyrophilic grain disease; Dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 0030803611     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050718     Document Type: Article

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