An autopsy case of an aged patient with spinocerebellar ataxia type 2

Neuropathology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 510-518

  Ishida, Chiho ^a   Komai, Kiyonobu ^a   Yonezawa, Kohei ^b   Sakajiri, Ken ichi ^c   Nitta, Eishun ^c   Kawashima, Atsuhiro ^c   Yamada, Masahito ^d  

^a National Hospital Organization Iou National Hospital   (Japan)

^b Department of Orthopedic surgery   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KANAZAWA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Neurofibrillary tangles; Polyglutamine; Senile plaques; Spinocerebellar ataxias

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CAG REPEAT; CASE REPORT; CELL LOSS; CEREBELLUM; COORDINATION DISORDER; DENTATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR OLIVE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PONTINE NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 2; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 80053095998     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2010.01176.x     Document Type: Article

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