Accumulation of acid-fast lipochrome bodies in glial cells of the midbrain nigral lesion in Parkinson's disease

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 888-893

  Kohbata, Shunro ^a   Tamura, Tomokazu ^b   Hayashi, Ryoichi ^c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fuji National Hospital   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MESENCEPHALON; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0031773909     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.5.6.888-893.1998     Document Type: Article

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