Amyloid β protein in plasma from patients with sporadic Alzheimer' s disease

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 65-68

  Tamaoka, Akira ^a   Fukushima, Tetsuo ^a   Sawamura, Naoya ^a   Ishikawa, Kin'ya ^a   Oguni, Eiichi ^b   Komatsuzaki, Yasuko ^b   Shoji, Shin'ichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Hatsuishi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid angiopathy; Amyloid protein; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Plasma; Senile plaque

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030587520     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(96)00143-8     Document Type: Article

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