A protective mutation

Bart De Strooper () and Thierry Voet
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Bart De Strooper: Bart De Strooper and Thierry Voet are in the Center for Human Genetics and Leuven Research Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Thierry Voet: Bart De Strooper and Thierry Voet are in the Center for Human Genetics and Leuven Research Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.

Nature, 2012, vol. 488, issue 7409, 38-39

Abstract: A rare gene variant has been found that decreases the peptide deposition seen in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease. The mutation may also slow the normal cognitive decline that occurs with age. See Letter p.96

Date: 2012
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