ELEVATED URINARY NEOPTERIN SUGGESTS IMMUNE ACTIVATION IN ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE AND DOWNS-SYNDROME
Neopterin, an unconjugated pteridine, is secreted in large quantities by activated macrophages and can be used as a clinical marker of activated cellular immunity in a patient. Hence, neopterin levels were measured in urine samples taken from patients with Down's syndrome (DS), non hospitalised...
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1994
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