Brain metabolic patterns in patients with suspected non-Alzheimer ’s pathophysiology (SNAP) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD): is [ 18 F] FDG a specific biomarker in these patients?

ConclusionsSNAP subjects show milder impairment of brain [18F] FDG uptake as compared to AD. The partial overlap of the metabolic pattern between SNAP and AD limits the use of [18F] FDG PET/CT in effectively discriminating these clinical entities.

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Source: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging - July 12, 2019 Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research