Argyrophilic grain disease and Alzheimer's disease are distinguished by their different distribution of tau protein isoforms

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 425-434

  Tolnay, Markus ^a   Sergeant, Nicholas ^b   Ghestem, Antonie ^b   Chalbot, Sonia ^b   de Vos, Rob A I ^c   Jansen Steur, Ernst N H ^c   Probst, Alphonse ^a   Delacourte, André ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Argyrophilic grain disease; Microtubule associated protein tau; Neurodegenerative disorders; Protein phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARGYROPHILIC GRAIN DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; COILED BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TAUOPATHY;

EID: 0036938326     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-002-0591-z     Document Type: Article

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