Combined Study of Cerebral Glucose Metabolism and [11C]Methionine Accumulation in Probable Alzheimer's Disease Using Positron Emission Tomography

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 399-408

  Salmon, E ^a   Gregoire, M C ^a   Delfiore, G ^a   Lemaire, C ^a   Degueldre, C ^a   Franck, G ^a   Comar, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxy glucose; L (methyl carbon 11)methionine; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

CARBON 11; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; METHIONINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0029865605     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199605000-00006     Document Type: Article

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