Cerebrospinal protein tau is elevated in early Alzheimer's disease

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 209-211

  Riemenschneider, M ^a   Buch, K ^b   Schmolke, M ^a   Kurz, A ^b   Guder, W G ^a  

^a Institute of Clinical Chemistry   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cerebrospinal fluid; Protein tau

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

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

EID: 0030593490     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12810-X     Document Type: Article

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