"Congo Red" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An acid dye used in testing for hydrochloric acid in gastric contents. It is also used histologically to test for AMYLOIDOSIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D003224
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.847.638.555.300 D02.886.645.600.080.050.650.250 D04.615.638.555.300
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Congo Red" by people in Profiles.
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Butko P, Buford JP, Goodwin JS, Stroud PA, McCormick CL, Cannon GC. Spectroscopic evidence for amyloid-like interfacial self-assembly of hydrophobin Sc3. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2001 Jan 12; 280(1):212-5.
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Guiroy DC, Marsh RF, Yanagihara R, Gajdusek DC. Immunolocalization of scrapie amyloid in non-congophilic, non-birefringent deposits in golden Syrian hamsters with experimental transmissible mink encephalopathy. Neurosci Lett. 1993 May 28; 155(1):112-5.
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Guiroy DC, Mellini M, Miyazaki M, Hilbich C, Safar J, Garruto RM, Yanagihara R, Beyreuther K, Gajdusek DC. Neurofibrillary tangles of Guamanian amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, parkinsonism-dementia and neurologically normal Guamanians contain a 4- to 4.5-kilodalton protein which is immunoreactive to anti-amyloid beta/A4-protein antibodies. Acta Neuropathol. 1993; 86(3):265-74.