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ReviewNeurology2026

What Does a Positive Alzheimer Disease Blood-Based Biomarker Result Mean in People With Mild Cognitive Impairment?

Jemma Hazan, Kathy Y Liu, Jeremy D Isaacs, Nick C Fox, Robert Howard

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Review in Neurology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jemma HazanDivision of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kindgom.ORCID 0000-0002-7223-4768
Kathy Y LiuDivision of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kindgom.ORCID 0000-0002-7482-2758
Jeremy D IsaacsSt George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kindgom.ORCID 0000-0002-2745-9597
Nick C FoxDementia Research Centre, Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kindgom; and.ORCID 0000-0002-6660-657X
Robert HowardDivision of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kindgom.ORCID 0000-0002-3071-2338

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blood-based biomarkers (BBMs) for Alzheimer disease (AD) offer widely expanded access to biomarker-informed diagnoses in community settings that have previously lacked such resources. However, integrating them into current clinical diagnostic practice presents challenges, particularly in the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Limited data are available to guide clinicians on when to test, how to counsel patients with MCI and a positive AD BBM result about their risk of dementia progression, or which evidence-based dementia prevention strategies or treatments to recommend. This Perspective article outlines the key challenges faced by clinicians and patients when addressing a diagnosis of "MCI due to AD" and offers suggestions for appropriate pretest counseling and future research directions to address current knowledge gaps.

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Alzheimer DiseaseBiomarkersCognitive DysfunctionDisease ProgressionHumansBiomarkers

Identifiers

PMID42081782
PMCPMC13148371

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