Identification of late-stage tau accumulation using plasma phospho-tau217

Woo, Marcel (ORCID:0000000213062708); Therriault, Joseph (ORCID:0000000278264781); Jonaitis, Erin; Wilson, Rachael; Langhough, Rebecca; Rahmouni, Nesrine; Benedet, Andrea; Ashton, Nicholas; Tissot, Cécile; Lantero-Rodriguez, Juan; Macedo, Arthur; Servaes, Stijn; Wang, Yi-Ting; Arias, Jaime; Hosseini, Seyyed (ORCID:0000000175427541); Betthauser, Tobey; Lussier, Firoza; Hopewell, Robert; Triana-Baltzer, Gallen; Kolb, Hartmuth; Jeromin, Andreas; Kobayashi, Eliane; Massarweh, Gassan; Friese, Manuel; Klostranec, Jesse; Vilali, Paolo (ORCID:0000000189531542); Pascoal, Tharick; Gauthier, Serge; Zetterberg, Henrik; Blennow, Kaj; Johnson, Sterling; Rosa-Neto, Pedro

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Identification of late-stage tau accumulation using plasma phospho-tau217

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Woo, Marcel (ORCID:0000000213062708), Therriault, Joseph (ORCID:0000000278264781), Jonaitis, Erin, Wilson, Rachael, Langhough, Rebecca, Rahmouni, Nesrine, Benedet, Andrea, Ashton, Nicholas, Tissot, Cécile, Lantero-Rodriguez, Juan, Macedo, Arthur, Servaes, Stijn, Wang, Yi-Ting, Arias, Jaime, Hosseini, Seyyed (ORCID:0000000175427541), Betthauser, Tobey, Lussier, Firoza, Hopewell, Robert, Triana-Baltzer, Gallen, Kolb, Hartmuth, Jeromin, Andreas, Kobayashi, Eliane, Massarweh, Gassan, Friese, Manuel, Klostranec, Jesse, Vilali, Paolo (ORCID:0000000189531542), Pascoal, Tharick, Gauthier, Serge, Zetterberg, Henrik, Blennow, Kaj, Johnson, Sterling, Rosa-Neto, Pedro. 2024-11-01. Identification of late-stage tau accumulation using plasma phospho-tau217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105413

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