Development in the research of molecular mechanism of Alzheimer's disease

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1257-1264

  Gu, Ming ^a   Wang, Xiaomin ^a   Mu, Yuanyue ^b   Fan, Ming ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b The Military Medical Academy   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apoliporprotein E; Neurofibrillary tangles; Presenlin; Proteinaceous infectious particles; Senile plaque; Tau protein; Amyloid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007982238     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02885840     Document Type: Review

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