Decreased beta-amyloid and increased abnormal Tau deposition in the brain of aged patients with leprosy.

We examined the brains of 37 leprosy patients (mean age, 76.3 +/- 7.8 years), 5 patients with Alzheimer-type dementia (mean age, 79.0 +/- 9.5 years), and 23 age-matched non-dementia controls (mean age, 77.6 +/- 5.4 years). The frequency of beta-amyloid (A beta)-positive cases was lower (27.0%) in le...

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Main Authors: Chui, D. H., Tabira, T., Izumi, S., Koya, G., Ogata, J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1994
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1887341/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7943169
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