Morphological alterations of the choroid plexus in late-onset Alzheimer's disease

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 105-108

  Serot, Jean Marie ^a   Béné, Marie Christine ^a   Foliguet, Bernard ^a   Faure, Gilbert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Basement membrane; Choroid plexus; Epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOROID PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETION;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHOROID PLEXUS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 0342545852     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00007412     Document Type: Article

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