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Reduction of cerebellar glucose metabolism in advanced Alzheimer's disease.

Kazunari Ishii, Masahiro Sasaki, Hajime Kitagaki, Shigeru Yamaji, Setsu Sakamoto, Kant Matsuda, Etsuro Mori

PubMed · 1997 · 154 citations · 20 references

Abstract

In severe Alzheimer's disease, cerebellar glucose metabolism is significantly reduced. The method of analysis using normalization of regional metabolic data to cerebellar values may be liable to err in severe Alzheimer's disease patients.

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