Molecular cloning of human growth inhibitory factor cDNA and its down-regulation in Alzheimer's disease.
- 1 December 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in The EMBO Journal
- Vol. 11 (13), 4843-4850
- https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1460-2075.1992.tb05590.x
Abstract
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common dementing illness in man (Mann et al., 1988). AD is characterized by the presence of numerous senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles throughout the...Keywords
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