News tagged with lumbar puncture

MRI and neuropsychological tests best predict Alzheimer's disease in old patients

Investigators from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, have shown that in most elderly patients invasive and expensive techniques, i.e. lumbar puncture and PET scan, are not useful to establish the diagnosis of Alzheimer's ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia Mar 30, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

MRI can screen patients for Alzheimer's disease or frontotemporal lobar degeneration

When trying to determine the root cause of a person's dementia, using an MRI can effectively and non-invasively screen patients for Alzheimer's disease or Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD), according to a new study ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia Dec 26, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |