Neurofibrillary tangles of Guamanian amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, parkinsonism-dementia and neurologically normal Guamanians contain a 4-to 4.5-kilodalton protein which is immunoreactive to anti-amyloid β/A4-protein antibodies (original) (raw)
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