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Iowa variant of familial Alzheimer's disease: accumulation of posttranslationally modified AbetaD23N in parenchymal and cerebrovascular amyloid deposits.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Apr 2010
Tomidokoro Yasushi, Rostagno Agueda, Neubert Thomas A, Lu Yun, Rebeck G William, Frangione Blas, Greenberg Steven M, Ghiso Jorge
Abstract excerpt
Mutations within the amyloid-beta (Abeta) sequence, especially those clustered at residues 21-23, which are linked to early onset familial Alzheimer's disease (AD), are primarily associated with cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). The basis for this predominant vascular amyloid burden and the differential clinical phenotypes of cerebral hemorrhage/stroke in some patients and dementia in others remain unknown. The...
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