Lewy body-type degeneration in cardiac plexus in Parkinson's and incidental Lewy body diseases

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1269-1271

  Iwanaga, Keisuke ^a   Wakabayashi, K ^b   Yoshimoto, M ^c   Tomita, I ^a   Satoh, H ^a   Takashima, H ^a   Satoh, A ^a   Seto, M ^a   Tsujihata, M ^a   Takahashi, H ^b  

^a Nagasaki Kita Hospital   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART DENERVATION; HEART INNERVATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART NERVE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURITE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032926674     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.6.1269     Document Type: Article

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