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Newest in this topic

  1. Plasma GFAP in Parkinson's disease with cognitive impairment and its potential to predict conversion to dementia 2023-02-09
  2. Role of cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers to predict conversion to dementia in patients with mild cognitive impairment: a clinical cohort study 2015-02-01

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2 studies carry this tag.

Date range

2015 to 2023

Top journals

  • Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine 1
  • NPJ Parkinson's disease 1

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  1. Plasma GFAP in Parkinson's disease with cognitive impairment and its potential to predict conversion to dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. NPJ Parkinson's disease 2023-02-09 Biomarkers

    Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) has been suggested as a biomarker for reactive astrogliosis.

  2. Role of cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers to predict conversion to dementia in patients with mild cognitive impairment: a clinical cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine 2015-02-01 Biomarkers

    Our results confirm the key role of CSF biomarkers in predicting patient conversion from MCI to dementia.

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