Interaction between prion protein and interleukin-1A genes increases early-onset Alzheimer’s disease risk
✍ Scribed by Onofre Combarros; Javier Llorca; Pascual Sánchez-Juan; Ignacio Mateo; Jon Infante; Eloy Rodríguez; Coro Sánchez-Quintana; José Berciano
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 145 KB
- Volume
- 254
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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