A suicide note from Alzheimer disease neurons? (original) (raw)

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New findings implicate apoptosis in the death of neurons in Alzheimer disease but the evidence is still insufficient to formally indict apoptosis in the neurodegeneration associated with this disease (pages 957–962).

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  1. Institute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA
    George Perry, Akihiko Nunomura & Mark A. Smith

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Perry, G., Nunomura, A. & Smith, M. A suicide note from Alzheimer disease neurons?.Nat Med 4, 897–898 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0898-897

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