Diagnostic accuracy of 123I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine myocardial scintigraphy in dementia with Lewy bodies: a multicenter study.

Diagnostic accuracy of 123I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine myocardial scintigraphy in dementia with Lewy bodies: a multicenter study.

<h4>Background and purpose</h4>Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) needs to be distinguished from Alzheimer's disease (AD) because of important differences in patient management and outcome. Severe cardiac sympathetic degeneration occurs in DLB, but not in AD, offering a potential syste...

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Main Authors: Mitsuhiro Yoshita, Heii Arai, Hiroyuki Arai, Tetsuaki Arai, Takashi Asada, Hiroshige Fujishiro, Haruo Hanyu, Osamu Iizuka, Eizo Iseki, Kenichi Kashihara, Kenji Kosaka, Hirotaka Maruno, Katsuyoshi Mizukami, Yoshikuni Mizuno, Etsuro Mori, Kenichi Nakajima, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Seigo Nakano, Kenji Nakashima, Yoshiyuki Nishio, Satoshi Orimo, Miharu Samuraki, Akira Takahashi, Junichi Taki, Takahiko Tokuda, Katsuya Urakami, Kumiko Utsumi, Kenji Wada, Yukihiko Washimi, Junichi Yamasaki, Shouhei Yamashina, Masahito Yamada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120540

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