Infrared spectra of human central nervous system tissue and human breast carcinoma are
presented. The spectra are discussed in terms of the composition of the tissues. It is shown …

✓ The authors review the cases of 60 children (aged 5 months to 18 years) with thalamic
tumors who were seen at The Hospital for Sick Children between 1951 and 1983. The …

PURPOSE To compare the MR findings of eight cases with clinical diagnosis of Hallervorden-Spatz
disease (HSD) with the pathologic findings of two other cases of HSD. MATERIALS …

We present an infrared (IR) spectroscopic view of the pathological features of Alzheimer's
disease (AD), along with a means of classifying the spectroscopic data nonsubjectively using …

Background:The cortical changes resulting from chronic hydrocephalus in adults are not
well defined.Methods:Retrospective analysis of twenty-one patients (age 64-88 years) with a …

The pituitary glands were removed from 63 human fetuses from 5 weeks of gestation to term
and studied by electron microscopy and ultrastructural immunocytochemistry to document …

✓ Capillary hemangiomas are rare benign vascular tumors that tend to occur in children.
Whereas the majority of hemangiomas may regress spontaneously, those associated with …

Although the occurrence of Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) in patients on dialysis is
frequently alluded to, review of the literature reveals only 3 described cases. We describe 5 …

Neuritic plaques in the brains of victims of Alzheimer's disease are primarily composed of a
42 amino acid polypeptide, the β-amyloid peptide (βA4), the neurotoxicity of which is related …

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy has been used for the characterisation of white matter,
grey matter and multiple sclerosis plaques from human central nervous system tissue. We …