Prospective Flutemetamol Positron Emission Tomography and Histopathology in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.

Conclusions: [(18)F]Flutemetamol detects brain amyloid-β in vivo and shows promise as a valuable tool to study and possibly facilitate diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease both in patients with suspected NPH and among the wider population. © 2013 S. Karger AG, Basel. PMID: 24296542 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Neuro-Degenerative Diseases - November 27, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Rinne JO, Frantzen J, Leinonen V, Lonnrot K, Laakso A, Virtanen KA, Solin O, Kotkansalo A, Koivisto A, Sajanti J, Karppinen A, Lehto H, Rummukainen J, Buckley C, Smith A, Jones PA, Sherwin P, Farrar G, McLain R, Kailajarvi M, Grachev ID Tags: Neurodegener Dis Source Type: research