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Neuroanatomy and Pathology of Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease

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The present exposition of the AD-related pathological process rests upon some basic assumptions:

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Braak, H., Del Tredici, K. (2015). Final Considerations. In: Neuroanatomy and Pathology of Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease. Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, vol 215. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12679-1_10

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