Concurrence of α-synuclein and tau brain pathology in the Contursi kindred

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-11

  Duda, John E ^a,b   Giasson, Benoit I ^a   Mabon, Meghann E ^a   Miller, Douglas C ^c   Golbe, Lawrence I ^d   Lee, Virginia M Y ^a   Trojanowski, John Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Synuclein; Histopathology; Lewy bodies; Neuropathology; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; LEVODOPA; TAU PROTEIN; THIOFLAVINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEURITIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ARCHIVES; BRAIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PARKINSON DISEASE; SYNUCLEINS; TAU PROTEINS; THIAZOLES;

EID: 0036934244     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-002-0563-3     Document Type: Article

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