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Re:'Ideal biomarker' detects Alzheimer's disease before the ... by jdpigeon on Friday October 13, 2017 @07:56AM (#15464823)
This sounds almost too good to be true. It's published in a lower impact journal so I'm wondering if the sample size was very small. Also, how did they confirm the 'topography of the pathophysiology' (where the disease is) without taking people's scalps off?
Re:'Ideal biomarker' detects Alzheimer's disease before the ... by w458cmau on Friday October 13, 2017 @08:22AM (#15464948)
Looks like n=20 from skimming. MEG and MRI scans were used.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hbm.23724/epdf

Re:'Ideal biomarker' detects Alzheimer's disease before the ... by joelthelion on Friday October 13, 2017 @08:39AM (#15465045)
Yep. Far too early to get excited.