Brain tissue microarrays in dementia research: White matter microvascular pathology in Alzheimer's disease

Neuropathology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 290-295

  Sjöbeck, Martin ^a   Haglund, Mattias ^a   Persson, Annette ^a   Sturesson, Kerstin ^a   Englund, Elisabet ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Microvascular pathology; Tissue microarrays; White matter changes

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN TISSUE; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROTOMY; MICROVASCULARIZATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VASCULARIZATION; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0346847514     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1789.2003.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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