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The Ammon horns of 100 brains of the aged were examined: Hirano bodies were observed in 50%. Histochemically the bodies were composed mainly of protein. The ultrastructure of the Hirano body was a lattice of 100 Å filaments.
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Tomonaga, M. Ultrastructure of Hirano bodies. Acta Neuropathol 28, 365–366 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00685292
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00685292