Patent ID: 8008025

Claim:
A method for detecting presence or absence of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, or dementia with Lewy body disease in a subject having signs or symptoms suggesting cognitive decline or neurological disease, said method comprising: detecting a pattern of gene product expression for at least five gene products listed in FIGS. 5 A- 5 YY in a cerebrospinal fluid sample obtained from a subject; and comparing the detected pattern of gene product expression from the cerebrospinal fluid sample to a library of gene product expression pattern known to be indicative of the presence or absence of a neurodegenerative disease as represented in FIGS. 5 A- 5 YY, wherein when the detected pattern corresponds to a pattern corresponding to a pattern presented by Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, or dementia with Lewy body disease as represented in FIGS. 5 A- 5 YY a determination of the presence or absence of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, or dementia with Lewy body disease is made.