A comparison between tau and amyloid-β cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in chronic traumatic encephalopathy and Alzheimer disease

Abstract Background Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tau and beta-amyloid levels in chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a disease which can be clinically indistinguishable from Alzheimer’s disease (AD), are largely unknown. We examined postmortem CSF analytes among participants with autopsy confirmed C...

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Main Authors: Katherine W. Turk, Alexandra Geada, Victor E. Alvarez, Weiming Xia, Jonathan D. Cherry, Raymond Nicks, Gaoyuan Meng, Sarah Daley, Yorghos Tripodis, Bertrand R. Huber, Andrew E. Budson, Brigid Dwyer, Neil W. Kowall, Robert C. Cantu, Lee E. Goldstein, Douglas I. Katz, Robert A. Stern, Michael L. Alosco, Jesse Mez, Ann C. McKee, Thor D. Stein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-02-01
Series:Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13195-022-00976-y