Genetic testing has no place as a routine diagnostic test in sporadic and familial cases of Alzheimer's disease.
van der Cammen TJ, Croes EA, Dermaut B, de Jager MC, Cruts M, Van Broeckhoven C, van Duijn CM.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004 Dec;52(12):2110-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52573.x.
PMID: 15571552

A novel presenilin 1 mutation associated with Pick's disease but not beta-amyloid plaques.

Dermaut B, Kumar-Singh S, Engelborghs S, Theuns J, Rademakers R, Saerens J, Pickut BA, Peeters K, van den Broeck M, Vennekens K, Claes S, Cruts M, Cras P, Martin JJ, Van Broeckhoven C, De Deyn PP.

Ann Neurol. 2004 May;55(5):617-26. doi: 10.1002/ana.20083.

PMID: 15122701 

Polymorphisms in the prion protein gene and in the doppel gene increase susceptibility for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Croes EA, Alizadeh BZ, Bertoli-Avella AM, Rademaker T, Vergeer-Drop J, Dermaut B, Houwing-Duistermaat JJ, Wientjens DP, Hofman A, Van Broeckhoven C, van Duijn CM.
Eur J Hum Genet. 2004 May;12(5):389-94. doi: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201161.
PMID: 14970845