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C435S004000, C435S007100

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ABSTRACT:
The invention features methods of diagnosing and treating a patient having Alzheimer's disease or other neuronal atrophy-associated dementia by determining or altering, respectively, the level of activity of pathways from the endoplasmic reticulum to lysosomes in the patient.

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