Cerebral perfusional effects of 1-year rivastigmine treatment in Alzheimer disease: a case report.

Ettorre E., Bersani FS., Colella F., Servello A., Minichino A., Megna V., Liberatore M., Biondi M., Marigliano V.

It is described the case of a 74-years-old woman with probable Alzheimer Disease who showed good clinical response to rivastigmine associated with relevant improvement of cerebral perfusion after 1 year of treatment. The single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scan showed a significant improvement in cortical uptake of the tracer in temporo-parietal and frontal regions in comparison to the examination performed before the treatment.

DOI

10.1708/2002.21650

Type

Journal article

Publication Date

2015-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

50

Pages

188 - 191

Total pages

3

Keywords

Aged, Alzheimer Disease, Brain, Cerebrovascular Circulation, Cholinesterase Inhibitors, Female, Humans, Predictive Value of Tests, Rivastigmine, Sensitivity and Specificity, Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon, Treatment Outcome

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