Relative regional cerebral blood (rCBF) was measured in 10 patients fulfilling NINCDS-ADRDA criteria for Alzheimer's disease using Tc-99m-HMPAO single photon emission tomography (SPET). In comparison with 1 1 age-matched control subjects, relative rCBF was reduced in lateral and medial temporal area
The effect of education on rCBF changes in Alzheimer’s disease: a longitudinal SPECT study
✍ Scribed by Haruo Hanyu; Tomohiko Sato; Soichiro Shimizu; Hidekazu Kanetaka; Toshihiko Iwamoto; Kiyoshi Koizumi
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 323 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
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