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ISSUE1394
July 9, 2012
An Imaging Agent for Amyloid
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An Imaging Agent for Amyloid
July 9, 2012 (Issue: 1394)
The FDA has approved florbetapir F18 (flor bay´ ta pir;
Amyvid – Lilly), an intravenous radioactive diagnostic
agent used with positron emission tomography (PET)
scans, to estimate β-amyloid neuritic plaque density in
adults being...more
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