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Elevated plasma amyloid beta-peptide 1-42 and onset of dementia in adults with Down syndrome.
Neuroscience letters - 6 Apr 2001
Schupf N, Patel B, Silverman W, Zigman W B, Zhong N, Tycko B, Mehta P D, Mayeux R
Abstract excerpt
We compared levels of plasma amyloid beta-peptides Abeta1-42 and Abeta1-40 in 108 demented and nondemented adults with Down syndrome (DS) and 64 adults from the general population. Abeta1-42 and Abeta1-40 levels were significantly higher in adults with DS than in controls (P=0.0001). Compared to nondemented adults with DS, Abeta1-42 levels in demented adults with DS were selectively increased by 26% (28.2 pg/ml...
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