Tau gene mutation in familial progressive subcortical gliosis

Nature Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 454-457

  Goedert, M ^a   Spillantini, M G ^b   Crowther, R A ^a   Chen, S G ^c   Parchi, P ^c   Tabaton, M ^d   Lanska, D J ^e,f   Markesbery, W R ^g   Wilhelmsen, K C ^h   Dickson, D W ⁱ   Petersen, R B ^c   Gambetti, P ^c  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEMENTIA; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; MUTATION; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; TAU PROTEINS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0032950744     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/7454     Document Type: Article

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