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Jul 26 2022

The use of lumbar puncture and safety recommendations in Alzheimer’s disease: a plain language summary

This new plain language summary of publication from Neurodegenerative Disease Management provides an overview of an article looking at the use of lumbar puncture to test for biomarkers associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

Read the summary here.

The original article on which this summary is based is called ‘State-of-the-art of lumbar puncture and its place in the journey of patients with Alzheimer’s disease’ and was originally published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia. The original article can be read here.

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Written by Joanne Walker · Categorized: Brain and nerves · Tagged: Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid-β, biomarkers, cerebrospinal fluid, lay summary, lumbar puncture, patient education, plan language summary, specialist training

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