Spinal cord neuronal pathology in multiple sclerosis

Brain Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 642-649

  Gilmore, Christopher P ^a   Deluca, Gabriele C ^b   Bö, Lars ^c,d   Owens, Trudy ^e   Lowe, James ^e   Esiri, Margaret M ^b   Evangelou, Nikos ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gray matter; Grey matter; Multiple sclerosis; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

FAST BLUE; MYELIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 67749146330     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2008.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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