Cardiovascular Research

Perifoveal Choriocapillaris Flow Deficits Associated With Cerebrospinal Fluid Aβ42/tau in Presymptomatic Alzheimer's Disease.

Authors: Jane W Chan|||Giulia Corradetti|||Xiaomeng Wu|||Natalie Astraea|||Xianghong Arakaki|||Alfred N Fonteh|||Astrid M Suchy-Dicey|||SriniVas Sadda

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Abstract

This study investigated the association between swept-source OCTA (SS-OCTA) choriocapillaris flow deficit percentage (CC FD%) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers in presymptomatic Alzheimer's disease (AD).

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Chemical List

Amyloid beta-Peptides|||tau Proteins|||amyloid beta-protein (1-42)|||Peptide Fragments|||Biomarkers

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