Spinal cord gray matter demyelination in multiple sclerosis - A novel pattern of residual plaque morphology

Brain Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 202-208

  Gilmore, Christopher P ^a   Bö, Lars ^b,c   Owens, Trudy ^d   Lowe, James ^d   Esiri, Margaret M ^e   Evangelou, Nikos ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAST BLUE; MYELIN PROTEIN; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33746792723     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2006.00018.x     Document Type: Article

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