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Alzheimer neurofibrillary change in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
Author(s) -
Mandybur T. I.,
Nagpaul A. S.,
Pappas Z.,
Niklowitz W. J.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410010112
Subject(s) - subacute sclerosing panencephalitis , pathology , measles , measles virus , alzheimer's disease , electron micrographs , titer , medicine , degenerative disease , disease , antibody , immunology , electron microscope , vaccination , physics , optics
Abundant instances of Alzheimer neurofibrillary change (ANC) composed of tubules 200 nm wide and twisted into segments each 800 nm in length, indistinguishable from those of Alzheimer disease, were found in electron micrographs of the brain of a 15‐year‐old boy who died following subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) of more than nine years' duration. The clinical picture was typical, CSF measles antibody titer was high, and there were characteristic electroencephalographic findings.