Prevention And Treatment Of Amyloidogenic Disease

The invention provides improved agents and methods for treatment of diseases associated with amyloid deposits of A in the brain of a patient. Such methods entail administering agents that induce a beneficial immunogenic response against the amyloid deposit. The methods are useful for prophylactic an...

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Hauptverfasser: SCHENK DALE B, YEDNOCK THEODORE, VASQUEZ NICKI
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The invention provides improved agents and methods for treatment of diseases associated with amyloid deposits of A in the brain of a patient. Such methods entail administering agents that induce a beneficial immunogenic response against the amyloid deposit. The methods are useful for prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Preferred agents including N-terminal fragments of A and antibodies binding to the same.