Aging-associated neuropathology in Werner syndrome

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 421-424

  Leverenz, James B ^a   Yu, Chang En ^a,b   Schellenberg, Gerard D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Amyloid; Werner syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SILVER STAINING; TEMPORAL LOBE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WERNER SYNDROME;

AGED; AGING; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; BRAIN; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILS; PHOSPHORYLATION; TAU PROTEINS; TEMPORAL LOBE; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0031655747     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050914     Document Type: Article

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