Antibody Therapy in Neurodegenerative Disease
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Antibody therapy in neurodegenerative disease.
Advances in medical science have led to increased life expectancy and increased median age in the population. Because the symptoms of neurodegenerative diseases generally onset in mid- to late-life, a concomitant increase in the number of persons afflicted with these devastating diseases has occurred. Developing therapies for neurodegenerative diseases is of the highest priority due to the enor...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Reviews in the Neurosciences
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2191-0200,0334-1763
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro.2010.21.4.273