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Alzheimer type II astrocyte

Alz·hei·mer type II as·tro·cyte

(awltz'hī-mĕr),

enlarged astrocytes with vesicular nuclei and one or more small basophilic nucleoli, seen in hepatocerebral disease and Wilson disease.

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c) Brain: Alzheimer type II astrocytes (bold arrow) (H-E, scale bar = 20 [micro]m).

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