Argyrophilic Grain Disease

Neurodegeneration: The Molecular Pathology of Dementia and Movement Disorders: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 165-170

  Tolnay, Markus ^a   Braak, Heiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Argyrophilic grain disease; Dementia; Neurodegeneration; Proteinopathy; Tau protein; Tauopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885485969     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444341256.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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