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Relationship of dementia screening tests with biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Nov 2010
Galvin James E, Fagan Anne M, Holtzman David M, Mintun Mark A, Morris John C
Abstract excerpt
Screening tests for Alzheimer's disease lack sensitivity and specificity. We developed the AD8, a brief dementia screening interview validated against clinical and cognitive evaluations, as an improvement over current screening methods. Because insufficient follow-up has occurred to validate the AD8 against the neuropathologic findings of Alzheimer's disease, we investigated whether AD8 scores correspond to...
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