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Aluminum and Amyloid-β in Familial Alzheimer's Disease.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2020
Mold Matthew, Linhart Caroline, Gómez-Ramírez Johana, Villegas-Lanau Andrés, Exley Christopher
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Genetic predispositions associated with metabolism of the amyloid-β protein precursor underlie familial Alzheimer's disease; a form of dementia characterized by early disease onset and elevated levels of cortical amyloid-β. Human exposure to aluminum is linked to the etiology of Alzheimer's disease and recent research measured a high content of aluminum in brain tissue in familial Alzheimer's disease. To...
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