The apolipoprotein E ε2 allele and the pathological features in cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related hemorrhage

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 711-718

  McCarron, Mark O ^b   Nicoll, James A R ^c   Stewart, Janice ^c   Ironside, James W ^c   Mann, David M A ^c   Love, Seth ^c   Graham, David I ^c   Dewar, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Cerebral hemorrhage; Cystatin C; Fibrinoid necrosis; Perivascular activated microglia

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; CYSTATIN C; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN NECROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANEURYSM; MICROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; METABOLISM; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

AGED; ALLELES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; NECROSIS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032588117     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199907000-00005     Document Type: Article

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