Detection of tau in the retina

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Umur Kayabasi and Marco Rispoli

Purpose: To show different types of Tau tangles by retinal examination.
Methods: 30 patients with early or advanced Alzheimer's (AD) were examined by OCT and FAF.
Results: Different types of tau tangles were detected in different stages of the disease.
Conclusion: Retinal examination can reveal AD pathology non-invasively.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2017.2495.0035
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