Absence of aluminium in neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's disease

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 240, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 123-126

  Makjanic, Jagoda ^a   McDonald, Brendan ^b   Li Hsian Chen, Christopher Philip ^c   Watt, Frank ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Alzheimer's disease; Neurofibrillary tangles; Nuclear microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; ELEMENT; IRON; PHOSPHORUS; SULFUR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0032536055     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00940-3     Document Type: Article

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