| Literature DB >> 18985294 |
Piotr Lewczuk1, Joachim Hornegger, Rüdiger Zimmermann, Markus Otto, Jens Wiltfang, Johannes Kornhuber.
Abstract
In this review, current neurochemical dementia diagnostics (NDD) procedures are presented with a focus on biomarkers in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood: amyloid beta peptides, tau protein, and its phosphorylated form (pTau). CSF analysis is an increasingly important tool for early and differential diagnosis of dementia syndromes. Although lumbar puncture is a mildly invasive procedure with a low incidence of complications, establishing blood assays capable of reliably measuring NDD biomarkers is an aim of several studies worldwide.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18985294 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-008-5005-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci ISSN: 0940-1334 Impact factor: 5.270