No loss of hippocampal neurons in AIDS patients

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 529-533

  Korbo, Lise ^a,c   West, Mark ^b  

^a Kommunehospitalet ^*  (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Stereology; Total number of neurons

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ENCEPHALITIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0034072804     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010051156     Document Type: Article

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