## Abstract Thirtyโeight patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD) underwent a neuropsychological test battery and 18โfluoroโ2โdeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) before beginning and at the end of a randomized doubleโblind study of an experimental treatment. Twelve
A proposed metabolic strategy for monitoring disease progression in Alzheimer's disease
โ Scribed by Nicola Greenberg; Antonio Grassano; Madhav Thambisetty; Simon Lovestone; Cristina Legido-Quigley
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 149 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0173-0835
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