Visual Form of Alzheimer's Disease and Its Response to Anticholinesterase Therapy
- 1 October 1998
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Neuroimaging
- Vol. 8 (4) , 249-252
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jon199884249
Abstract
In a 60‐year‐old woman with the visual variant of Alzheimer's disease, single photon emission computed tomography abnormalities were most marked in the parieto‐occipital regions of the brain. After treatment with donepezil, improvement is noted on neuropsychological testing and on brain SPECT, including increased perfusion (metabolism) in the occipital lobes.Keywords
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