Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 290, Issue 1 , Pages 177-182 , 15 March 2010

Neuronal and glial tau pathology in early frontotemporal lobar degeneration-tau, Pick's disease subtype

  • Maya Mimuro

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Medical Science of Aging, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute-cho, Aichigun, Aichi-ken 480-1195, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 052 264 4811; fax: +81 0561 63 3531.
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  • Mari Yoshida

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Medical Science of Aging, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute-cho, Aichigun, Aichi-ken 480-1195, Japan
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  • Shinichi Miyao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Meitetsu Hospital, Aichi, Japan
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  • Tomoko Harada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Meitetsu Hospital, Aichi, Japan
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  • Koichi Ishiguro

      Affiliations

    • Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Yoshio Hashizume

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Medical Science of Aging, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute-cho, Aichigun, Aichi-ken 480-1195, Japan

Received 2 July 2009 ,Revised 5 November 2009 ,Accepted 9 November 2009.

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PII: S0022-510X(09)00943-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.11.002

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 290, Issue 1 , Pages 177-182 , 15 March 2010

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