The many questions on the use of biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases in clinical practice

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Menéndez González, Manuel ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL ÁLVAREZ BUYLLA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Neurociencias   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Clinical practice; Dementia; Mild cognitive impairment; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN;

EID: 84898033416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00045     Document Type: Article

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