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. 1988 Feb;51(2):314–315. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.51.2.314

Visual evoked potentials and neopterin: biopterin ratios in urine show a high correlation in Alzheimer's disease.

C G Hamon, R J Cattell, C E Wright, O Wychrij, J A Blair, G F Harding
PMCID: PMC1031560  PMID: 3346706

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