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Trial of Solanezumab for Mild Dementia Due to Alzheimer’s Disease
Author(s) -
Lawrence S. Honig,
Bruno Vellas,
Mark Woodward,
Merçé Boada,
Roger Bullock,
Michael Borrie,
Klaus Häger,
Niels Andreasen,
Elio Scarpini,
Hong LiuSeifert,
Michael Case,
Robert A. Dean,
Ann Marie Hake,
Karen Sundell,
Vicki Poole Hoffmann,
Christopher Carlson,
Rashna Khanna,
Mark A. Mintun,
Ronald B. DeMattos,
Katherine J. Selzler,
Eric Siemers
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1705971
Subject(s) - placebo , dementia , medicine , alzheimer's disease , mini–mental state examination , gastroenterology , psychology , pathology , disease , alternative medicine
Alzheimer's disease is characterized by amyloid-beta (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. The humanized monoclonal antibody solanezumab was designed to increase the clearance from the brain of soluble Aβ, peptides that may lead to toxic effects in the synapses and precede the deposition of fibrillary amyloid.

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