Visual and ocular manifestations of Alzheimer's disease and their use as biomarkers for diagnosis and progression

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue APR, 2016, Pages

  Javaid, Fatimah Zara ^a   Brenton, Jonathan ^a   Guo, Li ^a   Cordeiro, Maria F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Animal models of neurodegenerative disease; Biomarkers; Neurodegereration; Visual changes

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EYE DISEASE; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; HUMAN; LENS DISEASE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PUPIL DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETINA DISEASE; RETINAL THICKNESS; REVIEW; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 84973580317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2016.00055     Document Type: Review

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