Dementia
Data from Osaka University advance knowledge in dementia
Published in Vaccine Weekly, October 6th, 2010
New research, 'Plasma beta-amyloid as potential biomarker of Alzheimer disease: possibility of diagnostic tool for Alzheimer disease,' is the subject of a report. "Alzheimer disease (AD), which is characterized by progressive cognitive and behavioral deficit, is the most common form of dementia. The incidence of AD is increasing at an alarming rate, and has become a major public health concern in many countries," investigators in Suita, Japan report.
"It is well known that the onset of AD is preceded by a long preclinical period. It is thus critical to establish diagnostic biomarkers that can predict the risk of developing AD prior to clinical manifestation of dementia,...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2010-10-06)
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