Parkinsonism, dementia and vertical gaze palsy in a Guamanian with atypical neuroglial degeneration

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-80

  Oyanagi, Kiyomitsu ^a,b   Chen, Kwang Ming ^c   Craig, Ulla K ^g   Yamazaki, Mineo ^a,d,e   Perl, Daniel P ^f  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Guam Memorial Hospital   (Guam)

^d Hatsuishi Hospital   (Japan)

^e NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Astrocytic plaque; Dementia; Guam; Parkinsonism; Tufted astrocyte

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BASAL GANGLION; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; DEMENTIA; DENTATE GYRUS; DEPIGMENTATION; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAZE PARALYSIS; GLIA; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULA; LOCUS CERULEUS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; RIGIDITY; SUBICULUM; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0033953087     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00007410     Document Type: Article

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