Neuropathological study of cerebellar degeneration in prion disease

Neuropathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-39

  Yang, Qing ^a   Hashizume, Yoshio ^a   Yoshida, Mari ^a   Wang, Yin ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Gerstmann Straussler syndrome; Neuropathology; Prion protein

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DENTATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GERSTMANN STRAUSSLER SCHEINKER SYNDROME; GRANULE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KURU; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0032989424     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1789.1999.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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