Uptake index of 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine myocardial scintigraphy for diagnosing Lewy body disease

Objective(s): Iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) myocardial scintigraphy has been used to evaluate cardiac sympathetic denervation in Lewy body disease (LBD), including Parkinson’s disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). The heart-tomediastinum ratio (H/M) in PD and DLB is sign...

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Main Authors: Yoshito Kamiya, Satoru Ota, Shintaro Okumiya, Kosuke Yamashita, Akihiro Takaki, Shigeki Ito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2017-01-01
Series:Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology
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Online Access:http://aojnmb.mums.ac.ir/article_7972_c57c59db497957241928a594b8b80bdf.pdf