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Term:
Neurofibrillary tangles (HP:0002185)
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Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
Argyrophilic inclusion bodies 
Cerebral hyaline bodies 
Hirano bodies 
Lafora bodies  
Lewy bodies  
Neurofibrillary tangles  
Pathological protein aggregates formed by hyperphosphorylation of a microtubule-associated protein known as tau, causing it to aggregate in an insoluble form.
Rosenthal fibers  
Ubiquitin-positive cerebral inclusion bodies  

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: Neurofibrillary tangles composed of disordered microtubules in neurons ;   Paired helical filaments
Alternate IDs: HP:0003132 ;   HP:0007070
Xrefs: MESH:D016874 ;   SNOMEDCT_US:85775002 ;   UMLS:C0085400
Definition Sources: HPO:sdoelken

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