ABC Transporters and the Alzheimer’s Disease Enigma
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ABC Transporters and the Alzheimer’s Disease Enigma
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is considered the "disease of the twenty-first century." With a 10-fold increase in global incidence over the past 100 years, AD is now reaching epidemic proportions and by all projections, AD patient numbers will continue to rise. Despite intense research efforts, AD remains a mystery and effective therapies are still unavailable. This represents an unmet need resultin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Psychiatry
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1664-0640
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2012.00054