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Amyloid beta protein 1-40 and 1-42 levels in matched cerebrospinal fluid and plasma from patients with Alzheimer disease.
Neuroscience letters - 18 May 2001
Mehta P D, Pirttila T, Patrick B A, Barshatzky M, Mehta S P
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We quantitated amyloid beta proteins 1-40 (Abeta40) and 1-42 (Abeta42), and alpha1- antichymotrypsin (ACT) in matched cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma of 50 patients with probable Alzheimer disease, and analyzed the relationships with age, sex, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), and apolipoprotein E phenotype. There was no relation between CSF Abeta40 and Abeta42 levels with those of plasma. CSF and plasma...
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