Quantitative variations in the pathology of 11 cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD)

Pathophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 235-241

  Armstrong, R A ^a   Cairns, N J ^b   Ironside, J W ^c   Lantos, P L ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Florid deposits; Neuropathological variation; Occipital cortex; Prion protein (PrP deposits); Surviving neurons; Vacuolation

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VACUOLE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIANCE;

EID: 0036289499     PISSN: 09284680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4680(02)00015-9     Document Type: Article

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