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Comparison of the Usefulness of Brain Perfusion SPECT and MIBG Myocardial Scintigraphy for the Diagnosis of Dementia with Lewy Bodies

Masaru Tateno, Seiju Kobayashi, Tomohiro Shirasaka, Yoshimori Furukawa, Kazuki Fujii, Hidetoshi Morii, S Yasumura, Kumiko Utsumi, Toshikazu Saito

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders · 2008 · 31 citations · 12 references

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MIBG myocardial scintigraphy was superior to brain perfusion SPECT in detecting a characteristic feature of DLB. Our results suggest that combining SPECT and MIBG scintigraphy could increase the accuracy of clinical diagnosis of DLB.

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The Retention of [<sup>99m</sup>Tc]-<i>d,l</i>-HM-PAO in the Human Brain after Intracarotid Bolus Injection: A Kinetic Analysis

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Value of <sup>123</sup> I-MIBG radioactivity in the differential diagnosis of DLB from AD

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A quantitative approach to technetium-99m ethyl cysteinate dimer: a comparison with technetium-99m hexamethylpropylene amine oxime

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