Elevated brain aluminium and early onset Alzheimer's disease in an individual occupationally exposed to aluminium: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Exley, Christopher ^a   Vickers, Thomas ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Brain aluminium; Occupational exposure to aluminium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893653060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-8-41     Document Type: Article

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