Alpha-synuclein immunohistochemistry in two cases of co-occurring idiopathic Parkinson's disease and motor neuron disease

Movement Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1515-1520

  Klos, Kevin J ^a   Josephs, Keith A ^a   Parisi, Joseph E ^a   Dickson, Dennis W ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Argyrophilic grain disease; Lewy bodies; Motor neuron disease; Sporadic idiopathic Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; LEVODOPA; PRAMIPEXOLE;

AGED; AKATHISIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FOREBRAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEWY BODY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR;

AGED; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PARKINSON DISEASE; UBIQUITIN;

EID: 30444461074     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20604     Document Type: Article

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