α-Synuclein-positive structures in association with diffuse neurofibrillary tangles with calcification

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 280-287

  Hishikawa, N ^a   Hashizume, Y ^b   Ujihira, N ^c   Okada, Y ^a   Yoshida, M ^b   Sobue, G ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

synuclein; Diffuse neurofibrillary tangle with calcification; Lewy body; Neurofibrillary tangle; Tau

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEWY BODIES; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHOSPHORYLATION; SYNUCLEINS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0037495188     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2990.2003.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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