Argyrophilic grain disease: A disorder distinct from Alzheimer's disease;Die silberkornkrankheit - Abgrenzung zur Alzheimer'schen erkrankung

Pathologe

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 159-168

  Tolnay, M ^a,c   Monsch, A U ^b   Staehelin, H B ^b   Probst, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Geriatrische Universitatsklinik   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Argyrophilic grain disease; Hippocampus; Senile plaque; Tau protein

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARGYROPHILIA; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; SILVER STAINING;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; SENILE PLAQUES;

EID: 0033031848     PISSN: 01728113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002920050339     Document Type: Article

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