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Apolipoprotein E: a review of its roles in lipoprotein metabolism, neuronal growth and repair and as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

David C. Rubinsztein
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , March 1995 , pp. 223 - 229
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