## Abstract __Alzheimer's disease afflicts every tenth human aged over 65. Despite the dramatic progress that has been made in understanding the disease, the exact cause of Alzheimer's disease is still unknown. Most gene mutations associated with Alzheimer's disease point at the same culprits: amyl
Aspartic Proteases Involved in Alzheimer′s Disease
✍ Scribed by Boris Schmidt
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Weight
- 46 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0931-7597
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