Doublecortin immunoreactivity in giant cells of tuberous sclerosis and focal cortical dysplasia

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 418-424

  Mizuguchi, Masashi ^a   Yamanouchi, Hideo ^b   Becker, Laurence E ^c   Itoh, Masayuki ^d   Takashima, Sachio ^d  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Doublecortin; Focal cortical dysplasia; Immunohistochemisty; Neuronal migration; Tuberous sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DOUBLECORTIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOMEGALY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0036938780     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-002-0575-z     Document Type: Article

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