Comparison of CSF markers and semi-quantitative amyloid PET in Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and in cognitive impairment prognosis using the ADNI-2 database

Abstract Background The relative performance of semi-quantitative amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) markers in diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and predicting the cognitive evolution of patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is still debated. Methods...

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Main Authors: Fayçal Ben Bouallègue, Denis Mariano-Goulart, Pierre Payoux, the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13195-017-0260-z