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Alzheimer's disease: a dysfunction of the amyloid precursor protein(1).
Brain research - 15 Dec 2000
Neve R L, McPhie D L, Chen Y
Abstract excerpt
In this review, we argue that at least one insult that causes Alzheimer's disease (AD) is disruption of the normal function of the amyloid precursor protein (APP). Familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) mutations in APP cause a disease phenotype that is identical (with the exception that they cause an earlier onset of the disease) to that of 'sporadic' AD. This suggests that there are molecular pathways common to FAD...
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