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From the heart to the brain via cardiac MIBG imaging

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine of Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau and Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Montserrat Estorch

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Avda. Sant Antoni M. Claret, 167, 08025, Barcelona, Spain

    Montserrat Estorch

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Estorch, M. From the heart to the brain via cardiac MIBG imaging. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 33, 246–247 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-005-1967-9

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Keywords

  • Dementia
  • Lewy Body
  • Dementia With Lewy Body
  • MIBG Uptake
  • Cardiac Sympathetic Nerve