Correction to: Abeta targets of the biosimilar antibodies of Bapineuzumab, Crenezumab, Solanezumab in comparison to an antibody against N-truncated Abeta in sporadic Alzheimer disease cases and mouse models (Acta Neuropathologica, (2015), 130, 5, (713-729), 10.1007/s00401-015-1489-x);Abeta targets of the biosimilar antibodies of Bapineuzumab, Crenezumab, Solanezumab in comparison to an antibody against N-truncated Abeta in sporadic Alzheimer disease cases and mouse models

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 713-729

  Bouter, Yvonne ^a   Noguerola, Jose Socrates Lopez ^a   Tucholla, Petra ^a   Crespi, Gabriela A N ^b   Parker, Michael W ^b,c   Wiltfang, Jens ^a   Miles, Luke A ^b,c   Bayer, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b ST VINCENT'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abeta; Alzheimer s disease; Congophilic amyloid angiopathy; Immunization; Immunotherapy; Plaques

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN [3-42]; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN [4-42]; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; BAPINEUZUMAB; CRENEZUMAB; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID; SOLANEZUMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOSIMILAR AGENT; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NT4X MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PLAQUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; VERY ELDERLY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; BIOSIMILAR PHARMACEUTICALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84945237346     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-024-02718-w     Document Type: Erratum

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