A comparison of qEEG and HMPAO-SPECT in relation to the clinical severity of Alzheimer's disease

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 247, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 259-263

  Muller T J ^a   Thome, J ^a   Chiaramonti, R ^b   Dierks, T ^c   Maurer, K ^c   Fallgatter, A J ^a   Frolich L ^c   Scheubeck, M ^a   Strik, W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b University Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha anteriorisation; Alzheimer's disease; HMPAO SPECT; Mini Mental State examination; Quantitative EEG; Syndrom Kurz test

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY; VASCULAR LESION;

EID: 9844239903     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02900304     Document Type: Article

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