Spatial patterns of the vacuolation in subcortical white matter in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD)

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 284-288

  Armstrong, R A ^a   Lantos, P L ^b   Cairn, N J ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Cortico cortical pathways; Sporadic Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (sCJD); Vacuolation; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRPSC PROTEINS; VACUOLES;

EID: 0036854255     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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