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Editor-in-chief
Maria Stella Graziani

Deputy Director
Martina Zaninotto

Associate Editors
Ferruccio Ceriotti
Davide Giavarina
Bruna Lo Sasso
Giampaolo Merlini
Martina Montagnana
Andrea Mosca
Paola Pezzati
Rossella Tomaiuolo
Matteo Vidali

EIC Assistant
Francesco Busardò

International Advisory Board Khosrow Adeli Canada
Sergio Bernardini Italy
Marcello Ciaccio Italy
Eleftherios Diamandis Canada
Philippe Gillery France
Kjell Grankvist Sweden
Hans Jacobs The Netherlands
Eric Kilpatrick UK
Magdalena Krintus Poland
Giuseppe Lippi Italy
Mario Plebani Italy
Sverre Sandberg Norway
Ana-Maria Simundic Croatia
Tommaso Trenti Italy
Cas Weykamp The Netherlands
Maria Willrich USA
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Responsible Editor
Giuseppe Agosta

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Chiara Riva
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email: biochimica.clinica@sibioc.it

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ISSN print: 0393 – 0564
ISSN digital: 0392- 7091



BC: Articoli scritti da C. Caltagirone

L’uso dei biomarcatori del liquido cerebrospinale nella diagnosi della malattia di Alzheimer: un’indagine tra i laboratori italiani
The clinical use of cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis: an Italian survey
<p>The use of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers amyloid <span style="font-family:symbol; font-size:12.0pt">b</span><sub>1-42</sub> (A<span style="font-family:symbol; font-size:12.0pt">b</span><sub>42</sub>), tau (T-tau), and phosphorylated tau (p-tau<sub>181</sub>) for the diagnosis of Alzheimer&rsquo;s Disease is limited to a restricted number of neurological centers. By a survey, we aimed to do a &ldquo;selfie&rdquo; of the use and diffusion of CSF biomarkers of dementia in Italy, the standardization of pre-analytical procedures, the harmonization of ranges, and the participation to Quality Control programs. The members of SIBioC and of the Piattaforma Italiana per le Malattie Neurodegenerative della Societ&agrave; Italiana di Neurologia per le Demenze (SINdem-ITALPLANED) together with other neurological clinics all over Italy have received an online questionnaire. Forty neurological centers require CSF analyses while 7/20 regions (35%) lack CSF laboratories. Standardization of pre-analytical procedures is present in 62.02% of laboratories and only 56% participate to International Quality Control Programs. There is no harmonization of the reported cut-offs. A cost-benefit analysis, with a program for standardization and harmonization should be promoted by Scientific Societies and National Health Services.</p>
Biochimica Clinica ; 42(1) 39-43
Contributi scientifici - Scientific papers