Systematic review of the diagnostic utility of SPECT imaging in dementia

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 263, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 539-552

  Yeo, Jing Ming ^a   Lim, Xuxin ^a   Khan, Zubair ^b   Pal, Suvankar ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e FORTH VALLEY ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Frontotemporal dementia; Imaging; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ETHYLCYSTEINE DIMER TECHNITIUM 99M; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; META ANALYSIS; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; DEMENTIA; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 84885174758     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: 14338491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-013-0426-z     Document Type: Review

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