Pathological entity of dementia with Lewy bodies and its differentiation from Alzheimer's disease

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-128

  Marui, Wami ^a   Iseki, Eizo ^a   Kato, Masanori ^b   Akatsu, Hiroyasu ^c   Kosaka, Kenji ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Soga Hospital   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Lewy pathology; Pathological subtypes; Synuclein

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURITE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAGING;

EID: 4344676234     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-004-0869-4     Document Type: Article

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