Failure of familial Alzheimer's disease to segregate with the A4-amyloid gene in several European families

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Senile plaquesLocus (genetics)Alzheimer's diseaseDiseaseBACE1-ASAmyloid (mycology)GeneDown syndromeBiologyPathologyAmyloid precursor proteinGeneticsAmyloidosisDegenerative diseaseMedicine

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Year: 1987
Type: article
Volume: 329
Issue: 6135
Pages: 153-155
Citations: 274
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                                    Christine Van Broeckhoven, 
                                
                                    A. M. Genthe, 
                                
                                    A. Vandenberghe
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1987). 
                            Failure of familial Alzheimer's disease to segregate with the A4-amyloid gene in several European families. 
                            Nature
                            , 329
                            (6135)
                            , 153-155.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/329153a0
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/329153a0