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In different FTLD subtypes, neurofilament light chain (NfL) is a promising marker, therefore we investigated the utility of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) NfL in SD.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This large retrospective multicentre study compared cross-sectional CSF NfL levels of 162 patients with SD with 65 controls. CSF NfL levels of patients were correlated with clinical parameters (including survival), neuropsychological test scores and regional grey matter atrophy (including longitudinal data in a subset).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>CSF NfL levels were significantly higher in patients with SD (median: 2326\u2009pg\/mL, IQR: 1628\u20133593) than in controls (577 (446\u2013766), p&lt;0.001). Higher CSF NfL levels were moderately associated with naming impairment as measured by the Boston Naming Test (<jats:italic>r<jats:sub>s<\/jats:sub><\/jats:italic>=\u22120.32, p=0.002) and with smaller grey matter volume of the parahippocampal gyri (<jats:italic>r<jats:sub>s<\/jats:sub><\/jats:italic>=\u22120.31, p=0.004). However, cross-sectional CSF NfL levels were not associated with progression of grey matter atrophy and did not predict survival.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>CSF NfL is a promising biomarker in the diagnostic process of SD, although it has limited cross-sectional monitoring or prognostic abilities.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/jnnp-2018-319784","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,5,23]],"date-time":"2019-05-23T21:25:23Z","timestamp":1558646723000},"page":"997-1004","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["Clinical value of cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light chain in semantic dementia"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"90","author":[{"given":"Lieke H H","family":"Meeter","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Rebecca M E","family":"Steketee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Dina","family":"Salkovic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Maartje E","family":"Vos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Murray","family":"Grossman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Corey T","family":"McMillan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"David J","family":"Irwin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Adam L","family":"Boxer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Julio C","family":"Rojas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Nicholas T","family":"Olney","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Anna","family":"Karydas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Bruce L","family":"Miller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Yolande A L","family":"Pijnenburg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Frederik","family":"Barkhof","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Raquel","family":"S\u00e1nchez-Valle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Albert","family":"Llad\u00f3","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Sergi","family":"Borrego-Ecija","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Janine","family":"Diehl-Schmid","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Timo","family":"Grimmer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Oliver","family":"Goldhardt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Alexander F","family":"Santillo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Oskar","family":"Hansson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Susanne","family":"Vestberg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9340-9814","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Barbara","family":"Borroni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Alessandro","family":"Padovani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Daniela","family":"Galimberti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Elio","family":"Scarpini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Jonathan D","family":"Rohrer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Ione O C","family":"Woollacott","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Matthis","family":"Synofzik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Carlo","family":"Wilke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Alexandre","family":"de Mendonca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Rik","family":"Vandenberghe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Luisa","family":"Benussi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Roberta","family":"Ghidoni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Giuliano","family":"Binetti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Wiro J","family":"Niessen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Janne M","family":"Papma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Harro","family":"Seelaar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Lize C","family":"Jiskoot","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Frank Jan","family":"de Jong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Laura","family":"Donker Kaat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Marta","family":"Del Campo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Charlotte E","family":"Teunissen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Esther E","family":"Bron","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Esther","family":"Van den Berg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6278-6844","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"John C","family":"Van Swieten","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,5,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"2020050722345928000_90.9.997.1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Landin-Romero R , Tan R , Hodges JR , et al . 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