Diffuse plaques associated with astroglial amyloid β protein, possibly showing a disappearing stage of senile plaques

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-222

  Yamaguchi, Haruyasu ^a   Sugihara, Shiro ^b   Ogawa, Akira ^b   Saido, Takaomi C ^c   Ihara, Yasuo ^d  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Gunma Cancer Center   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid protein; Astrocytes; Dementia; Senile plaques

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LIPOFUSCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MACROGLIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SENILE PLAQUES;

EID: 0031886976     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050790     Document Type: Article

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