Patients With Alzheimer Disease With Multiple Microbleeds
- 1 November 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Stroke
- Vol. 40 (11), 3455-3460
- https://doi.org/10.1161/strokeaha.109.558197
Abstract
Background and Purpose— Microbleeds (MBs) are commonly observed in Alzheimer disease. A minority of patients has multiple MBs. We aimed to investigate associations of multiple MBs in Alzheimer disease with clinical and MRI characteristics and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers. Methods— Patients with Alzheimer disease with multiple (≥8) MBs on T2*-weighted MRI were matched for age, sex, and field strength with patients with Alzheimer disease without MBs on a 1:2 basis. We included 21 patients with multiple MBs (73±7 years, 33% female) and 42 patients without MBs (72±7 years, 38% female). Mini-Mental State Examination was used to assess dementia severity. Cognitive functions were assessed using neuropsychological tests. Medial temporal lobe atrophy (0 to 4), global cortical atrophy (0 to 3), and white matter hyperintensities (0 to 30) were assessed using visual rating scales. In a subset, apolipoprotein E genotype and cerebrospinal fluid amyloid β 1-42, total τ and τ phosphorylated at threonine 181 were determined. Results— Patients with multiple MBs performed worse on Mini-Mental State Examination (multiple MB: 17±7; no MB: 22±4, P P P Conclusion— Microbleeds are associated with the clinical manifestation and biochemical hallmarks of Alzheimer disease, suggesting possible involvement of MBs in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease.This publication has 28 references indexed in Scilit:
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