Could diet be used to reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 335-337

  Newman, P E ^a  

^a NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; ICOSANOID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DIET; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031778540     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(98)90007-X     Document Type: Article

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