Cerebral amyloid β protein deposits and other Alzheimer lesions in non-demented elderly East Africans

Brain Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-107

  Ogeng'o, J A ^a,c   Cohen, D L ^a   Sayi, J G ^a,d   Matuja, W B ^d   Chande, H M ^d   Kitinya, J N ^d   Kimani, J K ^c   Friedland, R P ^a   Mori, H ^e   Kalaria, R N ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d MUHIMBILI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; NEURITES; OHIO; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; REFERENCE VALUES; SERUM AMYLOID P-COMPONENT; TANZANIA;

EID: 0029952508     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1996.tb00790.x     Document Type: Article

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