Senile amyloidoses - Diseases of increasing importance

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 377-378

  Enqvist, Stina ^a   Peng, Siwei ^a   Persson, Annika ^a   Westermark, Per ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLIN; AMYLOID; AMYLOID PROTEIN; INSULIN; LACTADHERIN; MEDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOIDOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; INSULIN RELEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SENILE AMYLOIDOSIS; SENILE DEMENTIA; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0242695726     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0065-1281-00727     Document Type: Conference Paper

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