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Age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma and Alzheimer’s disease: amyloidogenic diseases with the same glymphatic background?

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, PC Sint-Amandus, Reigerlostraat 10, 8730, Beernem, Belgium

    Peter Wostyn

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium

    Veva De Groot

  3. Laboratory of Neurochemistry and Behavior, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute Born-Bunge, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

    Debby Van Dam & Peter Paul De Deyn

  4. Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Research Center, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Debby Van Dam & Peter Paul De Deyn

  5. Department of Psychiatry, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

    Kurt Audenaert

  6. Department of Ophthalmology, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland

    Hanspeter Esriel Killer

  7. Department of Neurology and Memory Clinic, Middelheim General Hospital (ZNA), Antwerp, Belgium

    Peter Paul De Deyn

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Wostyn, P., De Groot, V., Van Dam, D. et al. Age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma and Alzheimer’s disease: amyloidogenic diseases with the same glymphatic background?. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 73, 4299–4301 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-016-2348-1

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