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Amyloid-beta in Alzheimer's disease: the horse or the cart? Pathogenic or protective?
International journal of experimental pathology - 1 Jun 2005
Lee Hyoung-Gon, Castellani Rudy J, Zhu Xiongwei, Perry George, Smith Mark A
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While the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is unclear, amyloid-beta plaques remain major lesions in the brain of individuals with AD. Likewise, amyloid-beta is one of the best-studied proteins relating to the pathogenesis of AD. Indeed, the pathological diagnosis of AD tends to be congruous with the quantity of amyloid-beta. However, it is important to recognize that pathological diagnosis merely...
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