A quantitative study of the pathological changes in the cerebellum in 15 cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD)

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-45

  Armstrong, R A ^a   Ironside, J W ^b   Lantos, P L ^c   Cairns, N J ^d  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Diffuse plaques; Florid plaques; Purkinje cells; Vacuolation; Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (vCJD)

Indexed keywords

HEMATOXYLIN; METHIONINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PRION PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAINING; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); FEMALE; HEMATOXYLIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRPSC PROTEINS; PURKINJE CELLS; VACUOLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849159616     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2008.00979.x     Document Type: Article

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