Library

feed icon rss

Your email was sent successfully. Check your inbox.

An error occurred while sending the email. Please try again.

Proceed reservation?

Export
  • 1
    ISSN: 1433-0407
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter Alzheimer-Krankheit ; Tau-Protein ; Liquor cerebrospinalis ; Früherkennung ; Key words Alzheimer’s disease ; Protein tau ; Cerebrospinal fluid ; Early recognition
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary In 40 patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), in 5 patients with non-AD dementia and in 36 cognitively normal controls the concentration of protein tau was determined in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Of the AD patients, 19 were very mildly demented (MMSE score from 25 to 28). Even in these patients, CSF tau was significantly more elevated than in controls. In the non-AD patients protein tau was less increased. Among the AD patients there was no association between CSF tau and severity of cognitive impairment or deficit in cerebral blood flow, determined by SPECT. Our findings suggest that CSF tau may be elevated even at the predementia stage of AD and be useful as a biological marker for the early recognition of the disease.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Bei 40 Alzheimer-Patienten, 5 Patienten mit Demenzen anderer Ursache und 36 kognitiv unauffälligen Kontrollpersonen wurde das Tau-Protein im Liquor cerebrospinalis bestimmt. Von den Alzheimer-Patienten befanden sich 19 in einem sehr leichtgradigen Stadium der Krankheit (Summenwert im Mini-Mental-State-Test 25 bis 28 Punkte). Auch bei diesen wurde gegenüber den Kontrollpersonen eine signifikante Erhöhung von Tau gemessen. Eine weniger ausgeprägte Erhöhung von Tau zeigte sich bei den Patienten mit anderen Demenzen. Bei den Alzheimer-Patienten fand sich kein quantitativer Zusammenhang zwischen der Erhöhung von Tau und dem Schweregrad der Demenz oder dem zerebralen Perfusionsdefizit, bestimmt mit SPECT. Die Ergebnisse sind ein Hinweis, daß Tau auch im prädementiellen Stadium der Alzheimer-Krankheit erhöht sein könnte und sich als biologischer Indikator für die Früherkennung eignet.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 2
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience 249 (1999), S. 288-290 
    ISSN: 1433-8491
    Keywords: Key words Alzheimer’s disease ; Dementia ; Clinical symptoms ; ADL-activities of daily living
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The preclinical stage of Alzheimer’s disease is inconspicuous and there are – almost by definition – no reliable and valid symptoms and signs which would allow a very early diagnosis before the manifestation of irreversible deficits. For a clinical diagnosis of dementia, cognitive impairment has to be severe enough to compromise the activities of daily living. In the mild dementia stage, difficulties with declarative memory are usually prominent; depressive symptoms are not infrequent, but the patient usually manages to live alone. Supervision is needed in the moderate dementia stage, when other cognitive domains are affected in a more obvious manner and non-cognitive disturbances of thought, perception, affect, and behavior put increasing stress on the caregivers. Complete dependence of the patients, who frequently develop neurological disturbances, is typical of the late stage of illness. The life expectancy of patients with a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is significantly reduced, but to date there is hope that the period of relative well-being and not of suffering can be prolonged with modern symptomatic treatment interventions.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
Close ⊗
This website uses cookies and the analysis tool Matomo. More information can be found here...