Cerebrospinal fluid levels of amyloid precursor protein and amyloid β-peptide in Alzheimer's disease and major depression - Inverse correlation with dementia severity

European Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-118

  Hock, Christoph ^a,g   Golombowski, Sidonie ^a   Müller Spahn, Franz ^a   Naser, Werner ^c   Beyreuther, Konrad ^b   Mönning, Ursula ^b   Schenk, Dale ^e   Vigo Pelfrey, Carmen ^e   Bush, Ashley Ian ^f   Moir, Robert ^f   Tanzi, Rudolph E ^f   Growdon, John H ^f   Nitsch, Roger M ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e Athena Neurosciences Inc   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apo E genotype; Biochemical markers; Dementia; Early diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; COPPER; ZINC;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031891929     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000007917     Document Type: Article

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