Insulin and Alzheimer's disease: An amyloid connection

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1886-1887

  Galasko, Douglas ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Neurology V127 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PLACEBO;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0037701189     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.60.12.1886     Document Type: Editorial

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