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Title
Clinical indications for analysis of Alzheimer's disease CSF biomarkers
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Abstract
The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers β-amyloid1-42 (Aβ1-42), total tau protein (T-tau) and hyperphosphorylated tau (P-tau181P) are well-validated and are increasingly used in clinical practice as an affirmative diagnostic tool for Alzheimer's disease (AD). These biomarkers have also been implemented in the revised diagnostic criteria of AD. The combination of the CSF biomarkers Aβ1-42, T-tau and P-tau181P results in high levels of sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy for discriminating AD from controls (including psychiatric disorders like depression). These biomarkers can be applied for diagnosing AD in the prodromal phase of the disease (mild cognitive impairment). In case of doubt between vascular dementia (VaD) or mixed AD-VaD pathology in dementia patients, the determination of CSF Aβ1-42, T-tau and P-tau181P levels is of help to confirm or exclude the AD component in the pathophysiology of the dementia syndrome. However, their discriminatory power for the differential diagnosis of dementia is suboptimal. Other CSF biomarkers like Aβ1-40, and those that are reflective of the pathology of non-AD dementias, could improve the accuracy of differential dementia diagnosis. The added differential diagnostic value of the CSF biomarkers Aβ1-42, T-tau and P-tau181P could lie within those cases in which the routine clinical diagnostic work-up is not able to discriminate between AD or non-AD dementias. In summary, the CSF biomarkers Aβ1-42, T-tau and P-tau181P can be used in clinical practice to discriminate AD from healthy aging (including psychiatric disorders like depression), to diagnose AD in its prodromal phase or in atypical forms with prominent non-memory impairment, to identify AD in patients with mixed pathologies and in case of an ambiguous (AD versus non-AD) dementia diagnosis.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Revue neurologique. - Paris
Publication
Paris : 2013
ISSN
0035-3787
DOI
10.1016/J.NEUROL.2013.07.024
Volume/pages
169 :10 (2013) , p. 709-714
ISI
000326127700005
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UAntwerpen
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