The use of SPECT in a multidisciplinary memory clinic
F. Pasquier
Bok Engelsk 1997
| Utgitt | 1997
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| Omfang | Side 85- 91
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| Opplysninger | We tested the interobserver reliability of visual rating of HMPAO-SPECT imaging in 271 outpatients referred to a memory clinic, andfollowed over 1 year. The clinical diagnoses were Alzheimer's disease(n = 156), frontotemporal dementia (n = 47), vascular dementia (n =21), senile dementia of Lewy body type (n = 12), anxiety/depressivedisorders (n = 14) and miscellaneous memory disorders (n = 21). Theinterobserver agreement was good (k = 0.68). However, theheterogeneity of the patterns - independent from demographic data,age at onset and duration of the disease - and their lack ofsensibility and specificity limited the contribution of SPECT fordiagnostic purposes in routine practice.
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