Intramembranous Fragment of Amyloid-β: A Potential Immunogen for Alzheimer’s Disease Immunotherapy
✍ Scribed by Songjiang Zhang; Lixiang Wu; Fayi Liu; Bosheng Huang; Dong Huang; Lijuan Yang; Zhihong Peng
- Book ID
- 106484400
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 341 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-3190
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