The immunotherapy of Alzheimer's disease.

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Published in Immun Ageing on November 12, 2004

Authors

Marc E Weksler1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA. weksler@med.cornell.edu.

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