Pathology of Madras type of motor neuron disease [MMND] - A histological and imnmunohistochemical study

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 428-434

  Shankar, S K ^a   Gourie Devi, M ^a   Shankar, Lalita ^a   Yasha, T C ^a   Santosh, Vani ^a   Das, Sarala ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TAU PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MICROGLIA; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0034079785     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010051146     Document Type: Article

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