Cytoskeletal pathology in familial cerebral amyloid angiopathy (British type) with non-neuritic amyloid plaque formation

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 170-176

  Revesz, T ^a   Holton, J L ^a   Doshi, B ^b   Anderton, B H ^b   Scaravilli, F ^a   Plant, G T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyloid angiopathy; Amyloid plaque; British type; Neurofibrillary tangle; Paired helical filament

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; AMYLOID PROTEIN; BETA TUBULIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURITE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPIL THREAD; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER IMPREGNATION; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; WHITE MATTER;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAPILLARIES; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYTOSKELETON; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; SENILE PLAQUES;

EID: 0032972176     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050970     Document Type: Article

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