Transthyretin gene in Alzheimer's disease patients

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 212-214

  Palha, Joana Almeida ^a,b   Moreira, Paulo ^b   Wisniewski, Thomas ^a   Frangione, Bias ^a   Saraiva, Maria João ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid; Single strand conformation polymorphism; Transthyretin; binding

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; PREALBUMIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030059043     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12334-X     Document Type: Article

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