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Phosphorylated Tau 217 Varies With Kidney Function Even Without Chronic Kidney Disease

Preprint No results yet Not peer reviewed

Key takeaways

This preprint found that a blood test for brain disease can give false alarms in people with mild kidney issues. It shows that kidney function affects the test results even before full kidney disease starts. It is a preprint, so it has not passed peer review yet.

Who did this work

Matthew JY Kang (The University of Melbourne) · Thomas Borchard (Northside Hospital) · Michelle M. Mielke (Wake Forest University Health Sciences) · Henrik Zetterberg (University of Gothenburg) · Malcolm Hopwood (The University of Melbourne) · Philip Bowden Mitchell (UNSW Sydney) · Dhamidhu Eratne (The Royal Melbourne Hospital) · Dennis Velakoulis (The Royal Melbourne Hospital)

Source

Preprint · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-10-20
https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.10.18.26365853