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Florbetapir F18 PET Amyloid Neuroimaging and Characteristics in Patients With Mild and Moderate Alzheimer Dementia

Elisabeth K. Degenhardt, Michael M. Witte, Michael Case, Peng Yu, David Henley, Helen Hochstetler, Deborah N. D’Souza, Paula T. Trzepacz

Psychosomatics · 2015 · 47 citations · 32 references

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These data confirm the challenges of correctly diagnosing AD without using biomarkers. FBP-PET can aid AD dementia differential diagnosis by detecting amyloid pathology antemortem, even when the diagnosis of AD is made by expert clinicians.

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