Astrocytic plaques and tufts of abnormal fibers do not coexist in corticobasal degeneration and progressive supranuclear palsy

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 401-408

  Komori, T ^a   Arai, N ^a   Oda, M ^b   Nakayama, H ^b   Mori, H ^b   Yagishita, S ^c   Takahashi, T ^c   Amano, N ^d   Murayama, S ^d   Murakami, S ^d   Shibata, N ^e   Kobayashi, M ^e   Sasaki, S ^e   Iwata, M ^e  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA REHABILITATION CENTER   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocytic plaques; Corticobasal degeneration; Gallyas Braak silver staining; Progressive supranuclear palsy; Tufts of abnormal fibers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BASAL GANGLION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; SILVER STAINING;

AGED; ASTROCYTES; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE;

EID: 0031655746     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050911     Document Type: Article

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