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Patients were given in-office cognitive and memory tests, a blood test, and were sent for either a spinal tap or a brain imaging test called a PET scan.
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Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 15 Aug. 2024
Researchers believe that blood tests eventually will replace the PET scan and spinal tap to diagnose the disease, particularly when time is critical to slowing progression.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 31 July 2024
The researchers confirmed whether or not patients had Alzheimer’s using spinal tap or PET scan.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2024
Indianapolis companies Roche Diagnostics and Eli Lilly and Co., are collaborating to develop a more accessible and affordable option to supplement the spinal tap fluid sample test and PET scan tests that are available today.
—Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2024
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Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 15 Aug. 2024
Researchers believe that blood tests eventually will replace the PET scan and spinal tap to diagnose the disease, particularly when time is critical to slowing progression.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 31 July 2024
The researchers confirmed whether or not patients had Alzheimer’s using spinal tap or PET scan.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2024
Indianapolis companies Roche Diagnostics and Eli Lilly and Co., are collaborating to develop a more accessible and affordable option to supplement the spinal tap fluid sample test and PET scan tests that are available today.
—Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2024
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“Spinal tap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spinal%20tap. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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