SPONGIFORM ALTERATIONS IN BRAIN BIOPSIES OF PRESENILE-DEMENTIA

被引:78
作者
FLAMENTDURAND, J
COUCK, AM
机构
[1] Department of Pathology and Electron Microscopy, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels
关键词
Alzheimer's disease; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; Hirano bodies; Spongiform degeneration;
D O I
10.1007/BF00684819
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
学科分类号
摘要
Spongiform lesions were observed in close association with typical presenile alterations in three of six frontal lobe biopsies taken in presenile demented patients without any familial relationship. These findings are discussed in relation with recent investigations indicating the production of spongiform lesions after inoculation of nervous tissue from an Alzheimer patient to animals and the effects of saline extract of such material on cultured nerve cells. © 1979 Springer-Verlag.
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