Zinc and Alzheimer's disease

Trace Elements and Electrocytes

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 55-59

  Nachev, P C ^a   Larner, A J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Anatomy ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid peptide; Neurofibrillary tangles; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; ZINC;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN METABOLISM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ZINC METABOLISM;

EID: 0029978123     PISSN: 09462104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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