Collection and normal levels of the amyloid precursor protein in plasma

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 121-124

  Whyte, Scott ^a,b   Wilson, Neil ^a   Currie, Jon ^b,c   Maruff, Paul ^b   Malone, Valencia ^b   Shafiq Antonacci, Ruxsana ^b   Tyler, Peter ^b   Derry, Kathryn L ^a,b   Underwood, John ^a,b   Li, Qiao Xin ^a,b   Beyreuther, Konrad ^d   Masters, Colin L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THROMBOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031028485     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410410122     Document Type: Article

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