Dementia other diagnostic studies
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Other Diagnostic Studies
- Genetic testing
- Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is suggested in some cases
- Electroencephalogram (EEG) may be used to diagnose Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease or underlying metabolic/toxic disorders
- Lumber puncture
- Brain biopsy
- Positron emission tomography (PET)[1] [2]
- Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)[3]
- VDRL
- HIV testing
References
- ↑ Mirzaei S, Rodrigues M, Koehn H, Knoll P, Bruecke T (September 2003). "Metabolic impairment of brain metabolism in patients with Lewy body dementia". Eur. J. Neurol. 10 (5): 573–5. doi:10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00650.x. PMID 12940841.
- ↑ Lobotesis K, Fenwick JD, Phipps A, Ryman A, Swann A, Ballard C, McKeith IG, O'Brien JT (March 2001). "Occipital hypoperfusion on SPECT in dementia with Lewy bodies but not AD". Neurology. 56 (5): 643–9. doi:10.1212/wnl.56.5.643. PMID 11245717.
- ↑ Colloby SJ, Fenwick JD, Williams ED, Paling SM, Lobotesis K, Ballard C, McKeith I, O'Brien JT (May 2002). "A comparison of (99m)Tc-HMPAO SPET changes in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease using statistical parametric mapping". Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging. 29 (5): 615–22. doi:10.1007/s00259-002-0778-5. PMID 11976799.