Curly fiber and tangle-like inclusions in the ependyma and choroid plexus - A pathogenetic relationship with the cortical Alzheimer-type changes?

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1202-1212

  Miklossy, Judith ^a   Kraftsik, Rudolf ^b   Pillevuit, Olivier ^a   Lepori, Domenico ^a   Genton, Claude ^a   Bosman, Fredrik T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Amyloid; Choroid plexus; Curly fibers; Ependyma; Neurofibrillary tangles

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHOROID PLEXUS; EPENDYMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031797783     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199812000-00012     Document Type: Article

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