Is oxidative damage central to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease ?

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-179

  Perry, George ^a   Smith, Mark A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHORYLATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032088451     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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