| OBSERVATION'S | Autopsy has been the sole way to conclusively determine that a patient has the disease |
| TECHNOLOGY | Now, researchers have established that positron emission tomography scans of the brains of living patients injected with a 18F-labeled compd known as FDDNP can reveal the plaques & tangles that are characteristic of the disease |
| UPDATE | 01.2002 |
| LITERATURE REF. | This data is not available for free |
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