Association between an Alzheimer's Disease-Related Index and APOE ε4 Gene Dose.

<label>BACKGROUND</label>We introduced a hypometabolic convergence index (HCI) to characterize in a single measurement the extent to which a person's fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomogram (FDG PET) corresponds to that in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Apolipoprotein E ε4 (AP...

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Main Authors: Frank Schraml, Kewei Chen, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Roontiva Auttawut, Jessica B S Langbaum, Wendy Lee, Xiaofen Liu, Dan Bandy, Stephanie Q Reeder, Gene E Alexander, Richard J Caselli, Adam S Fleisher, Eric M Reiman, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3694066?pdf=render