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. 1982 Oct;45(10):936. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.45.10.936

Is the loss of cerebral cortical choline acetyl transferase activity in Alzheimer's disease due to degeneration of ascending cholinergic nerve cells.

D M Mann, P O Yates
PMCID: PMC491601  PMID: 7143014

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