Accumulation of neurofilaments and SOD1-immunoreactive products in a patient with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with I113T SOD1 mutation

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1506-1508

  Kokubo, Yasumasa ^a   Kuzuhara, Shigeki ^a   Narita, Yugo ^a   Kikugawa, Koki ^b   Nakano, Ryoichi ^b   Inuzuka, Takashi ^b   Tsuji, Shoji ^b   Watanabe, Masatoshi ^a   Miyazaki, Tomonori ^c   Murayama, Shigeo ^d   Ihara, Yasuo ^d  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tsu Seikyo Hospital   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032713608     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.56.12.1506     Document Type: Article

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