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Amyloid beta-protein length and cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related haemorrhage.
Neuroreport - 7 Apr 2000
McCarron M O, Nicoll J A, Stewart J, Cole G M, Yang F, Ironside J W, Mann D M, Love S, Graham D I
Abstract excerpt
The relationship between amyloid beta-protein (A beta) length and the apolipoprotein E (APOE) epsilon 2 allele, which is over-represented in cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related haemorrhage (CAAH), has not previously been examined. Of 57 CAA patients studied, 37 had CAAH. All patients, particularly those with CAAH had more blood vessels immunoreactive for A beta 40 than A beta 42 in both the leptomeninges and...
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