Serial Positron Emission Tomography Findings in a Patient with Hydrocephalic Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 170-175

  Jeong, Yong ^a   Chin, Juhee ^a   Tae, Woo Suk ^a   Hong, Seung Bong ^a   Kim, Sang Eun ^a   Suh, Yeon Lim ^a   Na, Duk L ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Brain biopsy; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BASAL GANGLIA; BIOPSY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEMENTIA; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 1642302770     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1051228404263275     Document Type: Article

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