Lithium intoxication mimics Alzheimer's disease in PET and clinical findings;Lithiumintoxikation imitiert Alzheimer-demenz in PET und klinischem befund

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Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 613-616

  Tonn, Peter ^a   Bartenstein, Peter ^a   Dahmen, Norbert ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Fluorine 18 FDG PET; Lithium intoxication

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LITHIUM;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG INTOXICATION; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LITHIUM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 20044376342     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00115-004-1758-8     Document Type: Article

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