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Alzheimer's harms the brain for years prior to diagnosis ( detect amyloid plaques in living brain ) P l ease Hel p S uppo rt Alz heim er's Research To day! You r Alzhei me r' s do na tion will help billi ons liv e with out it. Donate on line now Scientists have long assumed that amyloid brain plaques found in autopsies of Alzheimer's patients are harmful and cause Alzheimer's disease. But autopsies of people with no ...

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