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Sensitivity, specificity, and stability of CSF-tau in AD in a community-based patient sample.
Neurology - 22 Oct 1999
Andreasen N, Minthon L, Clarberg A, Davidsson P, Gottfries J, Vanmechelen E, Vanderstichele H, Winblad B, Blennow K
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of CSF-tau in clinical practice as a diagnostic marker for AD compared with normal aging and depression, to study the stability of CSF-tau in longitudinal samples, and to determine whether CSF-tau levels are influenced by different covariates such as gender, age, duration or severity of disease, or possession of the APOE-epsilon4 allele. METHODS: Consecutive...
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