title: Aluminium and the human brain.
abstract: Aluminium can cause an encephalopathy with a characteristic clinical picture and distinctive histopathology. Evidence associating aluminium with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias is both meagre and inconclusive.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000506:poisoning*; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000535:Aluminum