The value of transgenic models for the study of neurodegenerative diseases.

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Published in Ann N Y Acad Sci on January 01, 2000

Authors

D L Price1, P C Wong, A L Markowska, M K Lee, G Thinakaren, D W Cleveland, S S Sisodia, D R Borchelt

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Neuropathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 558 Ross Research Building, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21205-2196, USA. adrc@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu

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