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Alzheimer's blood test 'most accurate' so far

The blood of patients with the brain disease contains antibodies not found in healthy people.

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Callaway, E. Alzheimer's blood test 'most accurate' so far. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.0

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