Platelet APP, ADAM 10 and BACE alterations in the early stages of Alzheimer disease

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 498-501

  Colciaghi, F ^a   Marcello, E ^a   Borroni, B ^b   Zimmermann, M ^a   Caltagirone, C ^c   Cattabeni, F ^a   Padovani, A ^b   Di Luca, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAM 10 PROTEIN; AMYLOID; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BETA SECRETASE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 1042265051     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000106953.49802.9C     Document Type: Article

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