Tau pathology in two Dutch families with mutations in the microtubule- binding region of tau

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1359-1363

  Spillantini, M G ^a   Crowther, R A ^b   Kamphorst, W ^c   Heutink, P ^d   Van Swieten, J C ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; GENE MUTATION; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NEURITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0031738468     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65721-5     Document Type: Article

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