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Prevalence of cerebral amyloid pathology in persons without dementia: a meta-analysis

Published inJAMA, vol. 313, no. 19, p. 1924-1938
Publication date2015
Abstract

Cerebral amyloid-β aggregation is an early pathological event in Alzheimer disease (AD), starting decades before dementia onset. Estimates of the prevalence of amyloid pathology in persons without dementia are needed to understand the development of AD and to design prevention studies.

Keywords
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Amyloid beta-Peptides/analysis
  • Apolipoprotein E4/genetics
  • Biological Markers/analysis
  • Brain/pathology
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid/chemistry
  • Dementia/pathology
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mild Cognitive Impairment/pathology
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Factors
Citation (ISO format)
JANSEN, Willemijn J et al. Prevalence of cerebral amyloid pathology in persons without dementia: a meta-analysis. In: JAMA, 2015, vol. 313, n° 19, p. 1924–1938. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.4668
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