Relationships between β-amyloid (Aβ) deposits and blood vessels in patients with sporadic and familial Alzheimer's disease

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 171-174

  Armstrong, R A ^a   Cairns, N J ^b   Patel, R ^b   Lantos, P L ^b   Rossor, M N ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyloid precursor protein mutation; Blood vessel; Familial Alzheimer's disease; Sporadic Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid deposit

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029979660     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12525-8     Document Type: Article

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