Exposure to aluminium and the subsequent development of a disorder with features of Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 811-

  Perl, Daniel P ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WATER CONTAMINATION; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ALUMINUM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33745318049     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.090613     Document Type: Note

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