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  1. Development of positron emission tomography β-amyloid plaque imaging agents 2012-11-01

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  • Seminars in nuclear medicine 1

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  1. Development of positron emission tomography β-amyloid plaque imaging agents

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Seminars in nuclear medicine 2012-11-01 Brain scans and imaging

    For 100 years, β-amyloid (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) have been recognized as the neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and their presence or absence could only be assessed postmortem using stains and dyes that identified these microscopic structures.

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