LOW specificity limits the use of the cerebrospinal fluid AB1-42/P-TAU181P ratio to discriminate alzheimer's disease from vascular dementia

J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2007 Aug;62(8):923-4; author reply 924-5. doi: 10.1093/gerona/62.8.923.
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Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Alzheimer Disease / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Alzheimer Disease / diagnosis*
  • Amyloid beta-Peptides / cerebrospinal fluid*
  • Biomarkers / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Dementia, Vascular / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Dementia, Vascular / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Peptide Fragments / cerebrospinal fluid*
  • tau Proteins / cerebrospinal fluid*

Substances

  • Amyloid beta-Peptides
  • Biomarkers
  • Peptide Fragments
  • amyloid beta-protein (1-42)
  • tau Proteins