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Dendritic Pathology and Spinal Loss in the Visual Cortex in Alzheimer's Disease: A Golgi Study in Pathology

Ioannis A. MavroudisLaboratory of Neuropathology and Electron Microscopy, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Dimitrios F. FotiouLaboratory of Neuropathology and Electron Microscopy, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Marina G. MananiLaboratory of Neuropathology and Electron Microscopy, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Samuel N. NjaouLaboratory of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Domna FrangouLaboratory of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Vasiliki G. CostaLaboratory of Neuropathology and Electron Microscopy, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Stavros J. BaloyannisLaboratory of Neuropathology and Electron Microscopy, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Pages 347-354 | Received 29 Jul 2010, Published online: 06 May 2011

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