Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and parkinsonism-dementia complex - Tauopathy without mutations in the tau gene?

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 59-64

  Kowalska, Anna ^a,b   Konagaya, Masaaki ^c   Sakai, Motoko ^c   Hashizume, Yoshio ^d   Tabira, Takeshi ^b,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^c SUZUKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ALS PDC; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Dementia; Neurofibrillary tangles; Parkinsonism; Tau gene; Tauopathies

Indexed keywords

CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; MIANSERIN; TAU PROTEIN;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; GUAM; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LOCUS CERULEUS; MENTAL DISEASE; MICROSCOPY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; SIBLING; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL ROOT; SUBICULUM; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TAUOPATHY;

EID: 0042871270     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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