#diagnostic-testing

#diagnostic-testing

The paper's authors note that while "clock models based on amyloid and tau positron emission tomography have shown promise in predicting the onset of AD symptoms, a model based on plasma biomarkers would be more accessible." The scientists doing this research found that the ratio of phosphorylated to non-phosphorylated tau at position 217 ("%p-tau217") could predict the arrival of Alzheimer's symptoms within three and four years.

"I told my pediatrician I thought my daughter had autism-only to be turned away when I asked for psychological testing."