Genetic Testing and Counseling for Early Onset Familial Alzheimer Disease

Other By Gabrielle Strobel "I am finding out this month. If I have it, I will never have kids. It's got to stop somewhere in our family." Tom Drury (a pseudonym), 36. "If I knew I carried the mutation, I would not be able to get up in the mo

Interview: A Diagnostic Odyssey

Other In this conversation with Gabrielle Strobel, the husband of a 39-year-old mother of three recounts how the couple spent nearly 2 years with erroneous diagnoses and useless treatments of his wife's condition until she was correctly diagnosed with earl

Sidebar: Pushing the Envelope on Early Diagnosis

Other Very early diagnosis is an area of intense research, and it is still too early to tell whether careful interviewing, neuropsychological testing, brain imaging, or spinal fluid tests will prove the most sensitive and reliable early indicators of incipient

Diagnosis of Early Onset Alzheimer Disease

Other By Gabrielle Strobel "The neurologist diagnosed conversion disorder (see Medline). I should not have believed that. We went to counseling sessions for a year but nothing happened." —Caregiver. Families with eFAD tell stories of being misdiagnos

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Michael Rowan on Protein Disrupts Aβ–Prion Tryst, Blocks Aβ Toxicity

COMMENT The paper represents a significant advance for a number of reasons. It uncovers the ability of a presumed endogenous ligand, STI1, for cellular PrP to displace Aß oligomers from PrP, albeit at a different PrP binding site. Furthermore, STI1 is increased i