Increased [11C]PIB-PET levels in inclusion body myositis are indicative of amyloid β deposition

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1060-1062

  Maetzler, Walter ^a,b   Reimold, Matthias ^b   Schittenhelm, Jens ^b   Vorgerd, Matthias ^c   Bornemann, Antje ^b   Kötter, Ina ^b   Pfannenberg, Christina ^b   Reischl, Gerald ^b   Schöls, Ludger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CARBON 11; PITTSBURGH COMPOUND B; BENZOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; N METHYL 2 (4' METHYLAMINOPHENYL) 6 HYDROXYBENZOTHIAZOLE; N-METHYL-2-(4'-METHYLAMINOPHENYL)-6-HYDROXYBENZOTHIAZOLE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELTOID MUSCLE; DRUG UPTAKE; FINGER; FLEXOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS; LETTER; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; WHOLE BODY CT; BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; METABOLISM; SCINTISCANNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; BENZOTHIAZOLES; BIOPSY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS, INCLUSION BODY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80051480260     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.197640     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Klunk WE, Engler H, Nordberg A, et al. Imaging brain amyloid in Alzheimer's disease with Pittsburgh Compound-B. Ann Neurol 2004;55:306-19. (Pubitemid 38269583)
2. Maezawa I, Hong HS, Liu R, et al. Congo red and thioflavin-T analogs detect Abeta oligomers. J Neurochem 2008;104:457-68. (Pubitemid 350293869)
3. Maetzler W, Reimold M, Liepelt I, et al. [(11)C]PIB binding in Parkinson's disease dementia. Neuroimage 2008;39:1027-33.
4. Askanas V, Engel WK. Inclusion-body myositis, a multifactorial muscle disease associated with aging: current concepts of pathogenesis. Curr Opin Rheumatol 2007;19:550-9. (Pubitemid 47530874)
5. van der Meulen MF, Hoogendijk JE, Jansen GH, et al. Absence of characteristic features in two patients with inclusion body myositis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1998;64:396-8. (Pubitemid 28159851)