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15489013

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-10-18
pubmed:abstractText
The diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases with dementias requires several different test approaches and often remains uncertain. Using a proteomic approach it was shown in nine patients that heart fatty acid binding protein (H-FABP) might be a biomarker for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). The aim of our study was to evaluate whether H-FABP is a biomarker for the differential diagnosis of dementias. Therefore we measured H-FABP in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum of patients having CJD, dementia with Lewy-bodies (DLB), Alzheimer's disease (AD) and in non-demented control (NDC) patients. H-FABP levels in CSF and serum of CJD patients are increased compared to non-demented controls. Levels of H-FABP were significantly higher in CJD patients compared to AD and DLB in CSF. However, discrimination between CJD and AD was not possible in serum. Interestingly, highest levels of H-FABP were found in serum of DLB patients. Our results suggest that H-FABP might be a useful biomarker for the differentiation between the dementias examined if levels in CSF and serum are determined in parallel.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0304-3940
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
370
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
36-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Heart fatty acid binding protein as a potential diagnostic marker for neurodegenerative diseases.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 Goettingen, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't