Extracellular neurofibrillary tangles are immunopositive for the 40 carboxy-terminal sequence of β-amyloid protein

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1131-1137

  Schwab, Claudia ^a   Akiyama, Haruhiko ^b   McGeer, Edith G ^a   McGeer, Patrick L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Down syndrome; Extracellular neurofibrillary tangles; Intracellular neurofibrillary tangles; Normal aging; Parkinsonism dementia complex of Guam; 40 amyloid

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0031743331     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199812000-00004     Document Type: Article

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