Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 6-13 , January 2008

Elevated microsomal prostaglandin-E synthase–1 in Alzheimer’s disease

  • Uzma A. Chaudhry

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Hean Zhuang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Barbara J. Crain

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Sylvain Doré

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel: 410-614-4859; Fax: 410-955-7271.

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PII: S1552-5260(07)00636-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2007.10.015

Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 6-13 , January 2008

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