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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2014

Current Challenges Towards the Development of a Blood Test for Parkinson's Disease.

Jose A Santiago, Judith A Potashkin

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  4. Recent Advances in Biomarkers for Parkinson's Disease.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jose A SantiagoThe Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Department, The Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL 60064-3037, USA. jose.santiago@rosalindfranklin.edu.
Judith A PotashkinThe Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Department, The Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL 60064-3037, USA. judy.potashkin@rosalindfranklin.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson' disease (PD) is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease worldwide. To date, there is no disease-modifying agent, and current medical treatment only provides symptomatic benefits. Early diagnosis of PD would be useful in clinical practice to identify patients for clinical trials, test potential drugs and neuroprotective agents and track their therapeutic effect. Considerable progress has been made in the discovery and validation of diagnostic biomarkers for PD. In particular, blood-based biomarkers have shown promise in identifying PD patients in samples from independent clinical trials. Evaluation of these biomarkers in de novo patients and individuals at risk for PD remains a top priority. Here, we review the current advances and challenges toward the clinical translation of these biomarkers into a blood-based test for PD.

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biomarkersbloodParkinson’s disease

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PMID26852683
PMCPMC4665557

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