Expression patterns of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-delta in epilepsy-associated lesional pathologies

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 394-405

  Martinian, L ^a   Boer, K ^b   Middeldorp, J ^c   Hol, E M ^c   Sisodiya, S M ^a   Squier, W ^d   Aronica, E ^b,e   Thom, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balloon cells; Focal cortical dysplasia; GFAP delta; Hippocampal sclerosis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN DELTA; ISOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; CORTICAL TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; FOCAL CORTICAL DYSPLASIA TYPE IIB; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GIANT CELL; GLIA CELL; GLIOMA; GRAY MATTER HETEROTOPIA; HEMIMEGALENCEPHALY; HETEROTOPIA; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; EPILEPSY; GANGLIOGLIOMA; GIANT CELLS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SCLEROSIS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 67649939046     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2008.00996.x     Document Type: Article

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