title: Shunting for Alzheimer's disease: stymied by a different sort of placebo effect?
authors.forename: Bob S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Carter
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000601:surgery*; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D018450:Disease Progression; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006801:Humans; D015990:Placebo Effect; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012107:Research Design; D017211:Treatment Failure; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt; D016875:tau Proteins / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D016875:tau Proteins