Alzheimer Disease & Dementia

09.21.24

CSF, PET, and Blood-Based Biomarker Tests for Alzheimer Disease - Part 1

Suzanne Schindler, MD, PhD

In this series, Suzanne Schindler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, discusses cerebrospinal fluid, PET, and blood-based biomarker tests for Alzheimer disease, including factors influencing the selection of these tests and recommendations for physicians when communicating test results with their patients. In this episode, Dr. Schindler discusses key factors physicians should consider when ordering a biomarker test and recommendations for how physicians should communicate the need for a particular test with their patients.