Alzheimer's disease, Kuf's disease, tellurium and selenium

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 73-75

  Larner, A J ^a  

^a Department of Anatomy ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM; TELLURIUM;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOFUSCINOSIS; MINERAL METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029739578     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(96)90440-5     Document Type: Article

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