Localization of α-tocopherol transfer protein in the brains of patients with ataxia with vitamin E deficiency and other oxidative stress related neurodegenerative disorders

Brain Research

Volumn 822, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 80-87

  Copp, Richard P ^a   Wisniewski, Thomas ^a   Hentati, Fayçal ^b   Larnaout, Abdelmajid ^b   Ben Hamida, Mongi ^b   Kayden, Herbert J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Institut National de Neurologie Tunisia   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Abetalipoproteinemia; Alzheimer's disease; Ataxia with vitamin E deficiency; Cholestatic liver disease; Down's syndrome; Familial isolated vitamin E deficiency; Tocopherol transfer protein; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033586250     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01090-2     Document Type: Article

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