Immunohistochemical analysis of spinal cord lesions in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) antibodies

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-21

  Kikuchi, Hitoshi ^a   Doh ura, Katsumi ^a   Kawashima, Toshiro ^a   Kira, Jun Ichi ^a   Iwaki, Toru ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Inclusion body; Microtubule associated protein 2; Semiquantitative analysis; Spheroid

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIMB; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; TUMOR SPHEROID;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; CYSTATINS; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0033037370     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050950     Document Type: Article

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