Neurofibrillary tangles in the peripheral sympathetic ganglia of non- Alzheimer elderly individuals

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 171-175

  Wakabayashi, K ^a   Hayashi, S ^a   Morita, T ^b   Shibasaki, Y ^b   Watanabe, Y ^b   Takahashi, H ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shinrakuen Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Neurofibrillary tangle; Progressive supranuclear palsy; Sympathetic ganglia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; SPINAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE;

EID: 0033056456     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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