Familial tauopathy mimicking corticobasal degeneration an autopsy study on three siblings

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 246, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 45-51

  Uchihara, Toshiki ^a   Nakayama, Hiroshi ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argyrophilia; Autopsy; Corticobasal; Familial

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; LEVODOPA; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPSY; BASAL GANGLION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRANDPARENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RARE DISEASE; SENILE PLAQUE; SIBLING; SILVER STAINING; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TAUOPATHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COILED BODIES; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEURONS; PEDIGREE; SILVER STAINING; TAU PROTEINS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 33744520163     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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