Amyloid plaques and intraneuronal tau inclusions in A-beta-related angiitis (ABRA)

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 391-394

  Kurian, M ^a   Burkhardt, K ^a   Assal, F ^a   Kovari E ^a   Horvath, J ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; PREDNISONE; TAU PROTEIN;

A BETA RELATED ANGIITIS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; AMYLOID PLAQUE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; MENINGITIS; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; TAU PROTEINS; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84860913689     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2011.01245.x     Document Type: Letter

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