Presenile because of presenilin: The presenilin genes and early onset Alzheimer's disease

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 254-259

  Haass, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; PRESENILIN; PRESENILIN 1; PRESENILIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 14; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRESENILE DEMENTIA; REVIEW; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0029779589     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-199608000-00002     Document Type: Review

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