Characterization of Amyloid Deposits in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 793, Issue , 2011, Pages 241-258

  Vidal, Ruben ^a   Ghetti, Bernardino ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Dementia; Fibrillar; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STAINING; TISSUE FIXATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMYLOID; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE FIXATION;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 80054720192     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-328-8_16     Document Type: Chapter

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