Comorbidities confound Alzheimer's blood tests

Suzanne E Schindler^{1

2}, Thomas K Karikari^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA. schindlers@neuro.wustl.edu.
² Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA. schindlers@neuro.wustl.edu.
³ Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

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Suzanne E Schindler et al. Nat Med. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul;28(7):1349-1351.

doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01875-3.

Suzanne E Schindler^{1

2}, Thomas K Karikari^{3

4}

¹ Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA. schindlers@neuro.wustl.edu.
² Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA. schindlers@neuro.wustl.edu.
³ Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

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