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Can lumbar puncture help to identify patients with incipient Alzheimer's disease?

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boxed-textHansson O et al. (2006) Association between CSF biomarkers and incipient Alzheimer's disease in patients with mild cognitive impairment: a follow-up study. Lancet Neurol 5: 228–234

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  1. neurologist, the Alzheimer Center of the VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Femke H Bouwman

  2. senior researcher, the Alzheimer Center of the VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Wiesje M van der Flier

  3. professor of cognitive neurology, the Alzheimer Center of the VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Bouwman, F., van der Flier, W. & Scheltens, P. Can lumbar puncture help to identify patients with incipient Alzheimer's disease?. Nat Rev Neurol 2, 530–531 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneuro0295

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