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Amyloid beta concentrations in older people with Down syndrome and dementia.
Neuroscience letters - 20 Feb 2009
Jones Emma L, Hanney Marisa, Francis Paul T, Ballard Clive G
Abstract excerpt
People with Down syndrome develop Alzheimer's disease with an early age of onset. Plasma amyloid beta (Abeta) levels were measured in individuals with Down syndrome who were over the age of 40. No associations between age and Abeta1-40 and Abeta1-42 concentrations were found and nor were Abeta1-40 and Abeta1-42 levels found to vary between those with Alzheimer's-type dementia and those without dementia. The APOE...
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