Tau-positive fine granules in the cerebral white matter: A novel finding among the tauopathies exclusive to parkinsonism-dementia complex of Guam

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 839-846

  Yamazaki, Mineo ^a,b   Hasegawa, Masato ^a   Mori, Osamu ^b   Murayama, Shigeo ^c   Tsuchiya, Kuniaki ^d   Ikeda, Kenji ^a   Chen, Kwang Ming ^e   Katayama, Yasuo ^b   Oyanagi, Kiyomitsu ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN MATSUZAWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Guam Memorial Hospital   (Guam)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Corticobasal degeneration; Myotonic dystrophy; Parkinsonism dementia complex of Guam; Pick disease; Tauopathies

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; DEMENTIA; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GUAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PARKINSONISM; PARKINSONISM DEMENTIA COMPLEX; PICK PRESENILE DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; TAUOPATHY; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 26444529877     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jnen.0000182977.79483.89     Document Type: Article

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