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Original Article

Regional Brain Activity of Free Radical Defense Enzymes in Autopsy Samples from Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and from Nondemented Controls

Lihua Chen Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W0, Canada
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J. Steven Richardson Department of Pharmacology, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W0, Canada
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Janet E. Caldwell Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W0, Canada
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Lee C. Ang Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W0, Canada
Pages 83-90 | Received 06 Sep 1993, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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