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Review
. 2012 Nov-Dec;6(5):447-52.
doi: 10.4161/pri.22502. Epub 2012 Oct 10.

On the issue of transmissibility of Alzheimer disease: a critical review

Christian Schmidt  1 , André Karch, Carsten Korth, Inga Zerr
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Review

On the issue of transmissibility of Alzheimer disease: a critical review

Christian Schmidt et al. Prion. 2012 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Results from recent experiments with rodents imply that Alzheimer disease might be inducible by seeding Aβ peptides into recipient animals. In respect to this new experimental data, public health aspects as well as epidemiological data have to be reevaluated. In this article, the available experimental and epidemiological data are reviewed.

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