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Amyloid
The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
Volume 2, 1995 - Issue 1
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Original Article

Brief Report: Apolipoprotein E ϵ4 allele does not correlate with amyloid plaques in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

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Pages 36-38 | Received 09 Jan 1995, Accepted 27 Jan 1995, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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