Plasma 24S-hydroxycholesterol levels in elderly subjects with late onset Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia: a case-control study
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In central nervous system cholesterol cannot be degraded but is secreted into circulation predominantly in the form of its polar metabolite 24(<it>S</it>)-hydroxycholesterol (24S-OH-Chol). Some studies suggested an associ...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-10-01
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Series: | BMC Neurology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2377/11/121 |