Amyloid: Toward terminology clarification: Report from the Nomenclature Committee of the International Society Of Amyloidosis

Amyloid

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Westermark, Per ^a,k   Benson, Merrill D ^b   Buxbaum, Joel N ^c   Cohen, Alan S ^d   Frangione, Blas ^e   Ikeda, Shu Ichi ^f   Masters, Colin L ^g   Merlini, Giampaolo ^h   Saraiva, Maria J ⁱ   Sipe, Jean D ^j  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^k UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Amyloid protein; Amyloidosis; Inclusion body; Nomenclature

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID FIBER PROTEIN; AMYLOID LIKE PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; AMYLOID PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CONGO RED; EXOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; FIBER; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOMENCLATURE; NOMENCLATURE COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF AMYLOIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; STAINING; SYNTHETIC FIBER;

AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 21244471488     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506120500032196     Document Type: Article

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