Cerebrospinal Fluid Tau Levels Predict Prognosis in Non-Inherited Frontotemporal Dementia.

Conclusions: This study argues that CSF tau levels may be considered in FTD to predict patients' outcome. Establishing in vivo prognostic biomarkers is mandatory to define homogeneous groups for inclusion in future clinical trials and to monitor the effectiveness of future therapeutic approaches. PMID: 24029600 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Neuro-Degenerative Diseases - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Neurodegener Dis Source Type: research