No effect of anti-leprosy drugs in the prevention of Alzheimer's disease and β-amyloid neurotoxicity

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-30

  Endoh, Masumi ^a,b   Kunishita, Tatsuhide ^a   Tabira, Takeshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b AIDS Res Ctr Natl Inst I   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid protein; Anti leprosy drug; Dementia; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CLOFAZIMINE; DAPSONE; LEPROSTATIC AGENT; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE DEMENTIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS;

EID: 0033137127     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00057-X     Document Type: Article

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