Autoantibody reactivity in serum of patients with Alzheimer's Disease and other age-related dementias

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 251-254

  Schott, Klaus ^a   Wormstall, Henning ^a   Dietrich, Maren ^a   Klein, Reinhild ^a   Batra, Anil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Geriatric medicine; Immunology; Keratin; Laminin; Multi infarct dementia; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030023075     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1781(95)02703-3     Document Type: Article

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