Elevated cerebrospinal fluid tau levels: Implications for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1012-1013

  Terajima, Masanori ^a   Itabashi, Shigeru ^a   Higuchi, Makoto ^a   Zhu, Cuiqing ^a   Kosaka, Yo Ichi ^a   Nakagawa, Takuma ^a   Sasaki, Hidetada ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0030213225     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01885.x     Document Type: Letter

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