Alzheimer disease: Mechanistic understanding predicts novel therapies

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Selkoe, DJ [1 ]
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[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Brigham & Womens Hosp, Ctr Neurol Dis, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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10.7326/0003-4819-140-8-200404200-00047
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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In the last several years, Alzheimer disease researchers have come to agree that certain biochemical changes in the hippocampus and association cortices occur many years or decades before clinical symptoms. We can now describe a rough outline of the cascade of events leading to disease.
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