Neuropathology in the Down's syndrome brain

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-32

  Tanzi, Rudolph E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0030068177     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0196-31     Document Type: Short Survey

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