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Depression and plasma amyloid beta peptides in the elderly with and without the apolipoprotein E4 allele.
Alzheimer disease and associated disorders - 1 Jan 2000
Sun Xiaoyan, Chiu Chi Chia, Liebson Elizabeth, Crivello Natalia A, Wang Lixia, Claunch Joshua, Folstein Marshal, Rosenberg Irwin, Mwamburi D Mkaya, Peter Inga, Qiu Wei Qiao
Abstract excerpt
Depression associated with low plasma amyloid-beta peptide 42 (Abeta42) leading to a high ratio of Abeta40/Abeta42, a biomarker of Alzheimer disease (AD), may represent a unique depression subtype. The relationship between low plasma Abeta42 in depression and the major risk factor of AD, apolipop...
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