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Complement receptor 1 (CR1) and Alzheimer's disease.
Immunobiology - 1 Feb 2012
Crehan Helen, Holton Patrick, Wray Selina, Pocock Jennifer, Guerreiro Rita, Hardy John
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease and it poses an ever-increasing burden to an aging population. Several loci responsible for the rare, autosomal dominant form of AD have been identified (APP, PS1 and PS2), and these have facilitated the development of the amyloid cascade hypothesis of AD aetiology. The late onset form of the disease (LOAD) is poorly defined genetically, and up...
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