Brain stem lesions in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: A histopathological and immunohistochemical study

Neuropathology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-49

  Shintaku, Masayuki ^a   Yutani, Chikao ^b   Doh ura, Katsumi ^c  

^a OSAKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain stem; CJD; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry; PrP

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PRION PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFERIOR OLIVE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; OPTIC LOBE; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AGED; BRAIN STEM; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIONS;

EID: 33645099227     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2006.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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