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[Genetic factors for cerebral amyloid angiopathy].
Brain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyu no shinpo - 1 Nov 2008
Hamaguchi Tsuyoshi, Yamada Masahito
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is cerebrovascular amyloid deposition and is related to stroke and dementia. CAA is classified into 6 types according to the biochemical properties of amyloid proteins, and among 6 types, the sporadic CAA of amyloid beta protein (Abeta) type is most frequently found in elderly people or patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). In sporadic CAA of the Abeta type, the epsilon4 allele...
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