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Alzheimer’s Disease: Etiological Mechanisms and Therapeutic Possibilities

By A. Nordberg , O. Almkvist , V. Jelic , L. Lannfelt , M. Shigeta (auth.) , J. D. Turner , K. Beyreuther , F. Theuring (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1996
ISBN
978-3-662-03250-3, 978-3-662-03248-0
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-03248-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5101185 bytes)
Series
Ernst Schering Research Foundation Workshop 17
Edition
1
Pages
216\225
Time added
2013-12-12 02:00:00
Neurology

Description

Alzheimer's Disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder of late life with devastating consequences for the afflicted and their carers and poses one of the major challenges to medical research. Until recently, little hope of effective therapies capable of slowing the disease process or preventing its occurrence was apparent. With recent advances in the genetics and molecular biology of the disease processes and the demonstration of the involvement of multiple aetiological factors, however, real chances are now appearing for the identification of preventive drugs. In this discussion, experts from disciplines ranging from molecular genetics to the clinic provide review and novel data concerning the aetiology of AD and the establishment of drugfinding screening methods.

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