Editorial: Isn't amyloid more than just a marker for alzheimer disease?

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1174-1175

  Killiany, Ronald J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; PRESENILIN 1; PRESENILIN 2; STRESS HORMONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN ATROPHY; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; AGING; BRAIN; METABOLISM; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; HUMANS;

EID: 70350149859     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181be020a     Document Type: Editorial

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