florbetapir
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[edit]florbetapir (uncountable)
- A radiopharmaceutical compound containing the radionuclide fluorine-18, used in diagnosing Alzheimer's disease.
- 2015 July 30, “Brain Amyloid Deposition and Longitudinal Cognitive Decline in Nondemented Older Subjects: Results from a Multi-Ethnic Population”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Landau and colleagues found that subjects with positive florbetapir declined significantly faster than those with negative florbetapir on Cognitive subscale of the Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale.