Meanings
nounflorbetapir (uncountable)
- uncountableA radiopharmaceutical compound containing the radionuclide fluorine-18, used in diagnosing Alzheimer's disease.
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.
2015 July 30, “Brain Amyloid Deposition and Longitudinal Cognitive Decline in Nondemented Older Subjects: Results from a Multi-Ethnic Population”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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