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Blood-based biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease: plasma Aβ40 and Aβ42, and genetic variants.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Dec 2011
Mayeux Richard, Schupf Nicole
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Identifying a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease that can be obtained from a blood sample has been a goal of researchers for many years. Over the past few years a number of investigators have studied several plasma biomarkers but most frequently plasma amyloid beta (Aβ)40 and Aβ42 while others have explored the use of genetic variants as biomarkers for diagnosis or risk. This review considers the cross-sectional...
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