Ballooned neurons in progressive supranuclear palsy are usually due to concurrent argyrophilic grain disease

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-56

  Togo, Takashi ^a   Dickson, Dennis W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Argyrophilic grain disease; Ballooned neurons; Corticobasal degeneration; Progressive supranuclear palsy; B crystallin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SWELLING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY;

AGED; CRYSTALLINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; NEUROPIL; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0036944428     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-002-0520-1     Document Type: Article

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