A quantitative study of the pathological changes in white matter in multiple system atrophy

Neuropathology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-227

  Armstrong, Richard A ^a   Cairns, Nigel J ^b   Lantos, Peter L ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glial cell nuclei; Glial cytoplasmic inclusion; Multiple system atrophy; Vacuolation; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CELL INCLUSION; CELL VACUOLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; NEUROGLIA; VACUOLES;

EID: 34249013025     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2007.00759.x     Document Type: Article

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