Vacuolar degeneration affecting brain macrophages/microglia in variant CJD: A report on two cases

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 651-658

  Rezaie, Payam ^a,b   Al Sarraj, Safa ^c,d  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Macrophages; Microglia; Vacuole formation

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CELL METABOLISM; CELL VACUOLE; COPPER DEFICIENCY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; COPPER; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; LYSOSOMES; MACROPHAGES; MICROGLIA; PRPC PROTEINS; PRPSC PROTEINS; VACUOLES;

EID: 36348970154     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-007-0294-6     Document Type: Article

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