Recent advances in early diagnosis markers of Alzheimer's disease / 中华神经医学杂志

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the main and common cause of cognitive dysfunction in the elderly. It is particularly important to find a biomarker that can be used for diagnosis of AD in the early stage. This article reviews the biomarkers that have been discovered or applied to the early diagnosis of AD from the perspectives of pathological changes, imaging and genetics, in order to provide clues and evidences for early diagnosis of AD.