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[Alzheimer's disease: basic aspects].
Nihon Ronen Igakkai zasshi. Japanese journal of geriatrics - 1 Mar 2000
Iwatsubo T
Abstract excerpt
The deposition of amyloid beta peptides (A beta) in one of the pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD). A beta are composed of 40-42 amino acid peptides that are proteolytically cleaved from beta amyloid precursor proteins (beta APP). The deposition as diffuse plaques of a species of A beta ending at the 42nd residue residue (A beta 42) is one of the earliest pathological changes of AD. Importantly,...
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