My story: The discovery and mapping to chromosome 21 of the Alzheimer amyloid gene

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages 349-360

  Goldgaber, Dmitry ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME MAP; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84880185876     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/jad-2006-9s339     Document Type: Review

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