| Literature DB >> 20694486 |
Daniela Schmidt1, Rüdiger Zimmermann, Piotr Lewczuk, Gerd Schaller, Umüt Degirmenci, Sebastian Kreil, Jens Wiltfang, Torsten Kuwert, Johannes Kornhuber, Markus Weih.
Abstract
In Alzheimer disease, CSF biomarkers and nuclear imaging are of particular interest. Many studies investigated only one technique, limiting comparison. Here, in 76 patients blinded 99mTc-SPECT was compared to CSF. Sensitivity of CSF was 92%; and 51% for SPECT. Specificity favored SPECT (90 vs. 80%). Both techniques showed no coherence (p = 0.17-0.47). Our results confirm that CSF biomarkers show higher sensitivity. SPECT has higher specificity and can also be used for other dementias without established CSF biomarkers.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20694486 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-010-0459-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neural Transm (Vienna) ISSN: 0300-9564 Impact factor: 3.575