Differential diagnosis between Alzheimer's and frontotemporal disease by the posterior cingulate sign

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 771-774

  Bonte, Frederick J ^a,b   Harris, Thomas S ^a   Roney, Celeste A ^a   Hynan, Linda S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Frontotemporal disease; Posterior cingulate sign; SPECT brain blood flow

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FRONTAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 2642566989     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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