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The extent of amyloid deposition in brain in patients with Down's syndrome does not depend upon the apolipoprotein E genotype.
Neuroscience letters - 18 Aug 1995
Mann D M, Pickering-Brown S M, Siddons M A, Iwatsubo T, Ihara Y, Asami-Odaka A, Suzuki N
Abstract excerpt
The extent of deposition of amyloid beta protein (A beta) was investigated in 20 elderly patients with Down's syndrome, using the end-specific monoclonal antibodies BC05 and BA27 to detect the presence of A beta 42(43) and A beta 40 (respectively), and related to apolipoprotein E (ApoE) genotype. No significant differences in the amount of A beta deposited in the brain, either as A beta 42(43) or A beta 40, were...
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