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Cerebrospinal fluid markers for Alzheimer's disease over the lifespan: effects of age and the APOEε4 genotype.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2010
Popp Julius, Lewczuk Piotr, Frommann Ingo, Kölsch Heike, Kornhuber Johannes, Maier Wolfgang, Jessen Frank
Abstract excerpt
In Alzheimer's disease (AD), the cerebral pathological changes begin many years before the clinical manifestation of the disease. Biomarkers for AD, such as the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentrations of amyloid-β1-42 (Aβ1-42) and tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 (pTau181), may reflect these cerebral changes relatively early. Accordingly, cognitively healthy subjects at risk for AD often have altered CSF...
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