Electron microsocopy of brain amyloid plaques from a patient with new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 637-642

  Fournier, Jean Guy ^a   Kopp, Nicolas ^b   Streichenberger, Nathalie ^b   Escaig Haye, Françoise ^a   Langeveld, Jan ^c   Brown, Paul ^d  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid plaques; Biopsy; Dystrophic neurites; Immunoelectron microscopy; New variant creutzfeldt jakob disease

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CELL SWELLING; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEURITE; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPIL; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 0034035504     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010051174     Document Type: Article

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