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CSF tau is related to apolipoprotein E genotype in early Alzheimer's disease.
Neurology - 1 Jan 1998
Tapiola T, Lehtovirta M, Ramberg J, Helisalmi S, Linnaranta K, Riekkinen P, Soininen H
Abstract excerpt
We quantified microtubule-associated protein tau in CSF (CSF tau) using ELISA assay in 168 subjects: 81 patients with clinically diagnosed early Alzheimer's disease (AD), 43 patients with other dementia, 11 Down's syndrome patients, and 33 nondemented neurologic control subjects. Multivariate ANOVA showed an effect of diagnostic group (p < 0.01) and apolipoprotein E (apoE) allele (p < 0.005) on CSF tau....
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