Alzheimer’s disease CSF biomarkers: clinical indications and rational use

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 591-602

  Niemantsverdriet, Ellis ^a   Valckx, Sara ^a   Bjerke, Maria ^a   Engelborghs, Sebastiaan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Hospital Network Antwerp (ZNA) Hoge Beuken and Middelheim   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Amyloid ; Biomarkers; Cerebrospinal fluid; Dementia; Tau

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NEUROGRANIN; PRION PROTEIN; TAR DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN (1-42); PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EARLY DIAGNOSIS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; BIOMARKERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 85026910612     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: 22402993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13760-017-0816-5     Document Type: Review

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