Molecular biology of Alzheimer's dementia and its clinical relevance to early diagnosis and new therapeutic strategies

Gerontology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 65-71

  Wiltfang, Jens ^a   Esselmann, Hermann ^a   Maler, Juan Manuel ^a   Bleich, Stefan ^a   Hüther, Gerald ^a   Kornhuber, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyloid peptides; Amyloid precursor protein; Protein; Alzheimer's disease; Apolipoprotein E; Cerebrospinal fluid; Presenilin 1

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BETA SECRETASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; GAMMA SECRETASE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035095072     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000052775     Document Type: Review

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