Abstract
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is the second most common cause of degenerative dementia after Alzheimer’s disease (AD). To improve the diagnosis of DLB, the latest diagnostic criteria incorporate findings from neuroimaging studies including sympathetic innervation imaging with iodine-123-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG). According to these criteria a decreased MIBG myocardial uptake is an important finding supporting a clinical diagnosis of DLB. In this review the state of art and future perspectives of sympathetic innervation imaging by using MIBG in the diagnosis of DLB are discussed.
Keywords: Dementia with Lewy bodies, dementia, innervation imaging, metaiodobenzylguanidine, MIBG.
Current Radiopharmaceuticals
Title:Current Role and Future Perspectives of Radioiodinated MIBG in the Evaluation of Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Volume: 7 Issue: 1
Author(s): Giorgio Treglia, Luca Ceriani and Luca Giovanella
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Keywords: Dementia with Lewy bodies, dementia, innervation imaging, metaiodobenzylguanidine, MIBG.
Abstract: Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is the second most common cause of degenerative dementia after Alzheimer’s disease (AD). To improve the diagnosis of DLB, the latest diagnostic criteria incorporate findings from neuroimaging studies including sympathetic innervation imaging with iodine-123-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG). According to these criteria a decreased MIBG myocardial uptake is an important finding supporting a clinical diagnosis of DLB. In this review the state of art and future perspectives of sympathetic innervation imaging by using MIBG in the diagnosis of DLB are discussed.
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Treglia Giorgio, Ceriani Luca and Giovanella Luca, Current Role and Future Perspectives of Radioiodinated MIBG in the Evaluation of Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Current Radiopharmaceuticals 2014; 7 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874471007666140314094323
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874471007666140314094323 |
Print ISSN 1874-4710 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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