Clinical applicability of diagnostic biomarkers in early-onset cognitive impairment.
Eur J Neurol
; 26(8): 1098-1104, 2019 08.
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| ID: mdl-30793432
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Several diagnostic biomarkers are currently available for clinical use in early-onset cognitive impairment. The decision on which biomarker is used in each patient depends on several factors such as its predictive value or tolerability. METHODS: There were a total of 40 subjects with early-onset cognitive complaints (<65 years of age): 26 with Alzheimer's disease (AD), five with frontotemporal dementia and nine with diagnostic suspicion of non-neurodegenerative disorder. Clinical and neuropsychological evaluation, lumbar puncture for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) AD core biochemical marker determination, medial temporal atrophy evaluation on magnetic resonance imaging, amyloid-positron emission tomography (PET) and 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose-PET were performed. Neurologists provided pre- and post-biomarker diagnosis, together with diagnostic confidence and clinical/therapeutic management. Patients scored the tolerability of each procedure. RESULTS: Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers and amyloid-PET increased diagnostic confidence in AD (77.4%-86.2% after CSF, 92.4% after amyloid-PET, P < 0.01) and non-neurodegenerative conditions (53.6%-75% after CSF, 95% after amyloid-PET, P < 0.05). Biomarker results led to diagnostic (32.5%) and treatment (32.5%) changes. All tests were well tolerated. CONCLUSIONS: Biomarker procedures are well tolerated and have an important diagnostic/therapeutic impact on early-onset cognitive impairment.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Demencia Frontotemporal
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Enfermedad de Alzheimer
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Disfunción Cognitiva
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
Revista:
Eur J Neurol
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
Año:
2019
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Article
País de afiliación:
España
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Reino Unido