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SUBMITTER: Yang SH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4621607 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Seung-Hoon SH Kim Jiyoon J Lee Michael Jisoo MJ Kim YoungSoo Y
Scientific reports 20151027
The blood-based diagnosis has a potential to provide an alternative approach for easy diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) with less invasiveness and low-cost. However, present blood-based AD diagnosis mainly focuses on measuring the plasma Aβ level because no other biomarkers are found to possess evident transport mechanisms to pass the blood-brain barrier. In order to avoid diagnosing non-demented individuals with Aβ abnormality, finding additional biomarkers to supplement plasma Aβ is essent ...[more]