Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
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Multicenter Study
Florbetaben PET imaging to detect amyloid beta plaques in Alzheimer's disease: phase 3 study.
Evaluation of brain β-amyloid by positron emission tomography (PET) imaging can assist in the diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (AD) and other dementias. ⋯ Florbetaben PET shows high sensitivity and specificity for the detection of histopathology-confirmed neuritic β-amyloid plaques and may thus be a valuable adjunct to clinical diagnosis, particularly for the exclusion of AD.