Diffuse plaques in the molecular layer show intracellular aβ8-17- immunoreactive deposits in subpial astrocytes

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 226-231

  Thal, D R ^a   Hartig W ^b   Schober, R ^a,b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

A protein; Alzheimer's disease; Astrocytes; Diffuse plaques; Glia limitans

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; LIPOFUSCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ASTROCYTES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PIA MATER; SENILE PLAQUES;

EID: 0345426350     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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