Pyramidal tract degeneration in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Neuropathology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 434-441

  Iwasaki, Yasushi ^a   Yoshida, Mari ^b   Hashizume, Yoshio ^b   Kitamoto, Tetsuyuki ^c   Sobue, Gen ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dying back phenomenon; Myelin pallor; Panencephalopathic type; Pyramidal tract degeneration; Sporadic Creutzfeldt Jakob disease

Indexed keywords

MYELIN; PRION PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLIOSIS; GRAY MATTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 34648836419     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2007.00812.x     Document Type: Article

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