Characterisation of interface astroglial scarring in the human brain after blast exposure: a post-mortem case series

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 944-953

  Shively, Sharon Baughman ^a,b,e   Horkayne Szakaly, Iren ^c   Jones, Robert V ^c   Kelly, James P ^d   Armstrong, Regina C ^a,b   Perl, Daniel P ^a,b  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Defense Health Agency   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CD68 ANTIGEN, HUMAN; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN REGION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WAR EXPOSURE; ASTROCYTE; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC; CICATRIX; COMPLICATION; MEDLINE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; ASTROCYTES; AUTOPSY; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC; CICATRIX; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBMED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992223625     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(16)30057-6     Document Type: Article

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