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Longitudinal stability of CSF tau levels in Alzheimer patients.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Sept 1999
Sunderland T, Wolozin B, Galasko D, Levy J, Dukoff R, Bahro M, Lasser R, Motter R, Lehtimäki T, Seubert P
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BACKGROUND: Antemortem levels of tau in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients have repeatedly been demonstrated to be elevated when compared to controls. Although CSF tau has been reported to be elevated even in very mild AD, it is unknown how tau levels change during the course of the disease. METHODS: We have followed 29 mild-to-moderately affected AD subjects over 2 years with...
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