Pathological changes of the spinal cord in centenarians

Pathology International

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 118-124

  Wang, Yin ^a   Hashizume, Yoshio ^a   Yoshida, Mari ^a   Inagaki, Toshiaki ^b   Kameyama, Takashi ^c  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Geriatric Hospital   (Japan)

^c Department of Neurology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anteroposterior flattening; Argyrophilic structure; Centenarian; Posterior column; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE SECTION; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; ATROPHY; BRAIN; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INCLUSION BODIES; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; ORGAN SIZE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0033063894     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00832.x     Document Type: Article

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