Interlaboratory comparison of assessments of Alzheimer disease-related lesions: A study of the BrainNet Europe consortium

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 740-757

  Alafuzoff, Irina ^a,r   Pikkarainen, Maria ^a   Al Sarraj, Safa ⁱ   Arzberger, Thomas ^b   Bell, Jeanne ^c   Bodi, Istvan ⁱ   Bogdanovic, Nenad ^d   Budka, Herbert ^e   Bugiani, Orso ^f   Ferrer, Isidro ^g   Gelpi, Ellen ^e   Giaccone, Giorgio ^f   Graeber, Manuel B ^o   Hauw, Jean Jacques ^h   Kamphorst, Wouter ^j   King, Andrew ⁱ   Kopp, Nicolas ^p   Korkolopoulou, Penelope ^k   Kovács, Gábor G ^m   Meyronet, David ^p   Parchi, Piero ^l   Patsouris, Efstratios ^k   Preusser, Matthias ^e   Ravid, Rivka ^j   Roggendorf, Wolfgang ^q   Seilhean, Danielle ^h   Streichenberger, Nathalie ^p   Thal, Dietmar R ⁿ   Kretzschmar, Hans ^b   more..

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^h PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j NETHERLANDS BRAIN BANK   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^m NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^o IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^p HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^q UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^r UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

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Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Beta amyloid; Hyperphosphorylated tau; Immunohistochemistry; Interlaboratory study; Neuropathologic diagnosis; Tissue microarray

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEURITE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STAINING; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

EID: 33746922758     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jnen.0000229986.17548.27     Document Type: Article

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