UCSF study of 4000 diagnosed with dementia
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 10:18 am
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... story.html
Imaging Dementia-Evidence for Amyloid Scanning (IDEAS) at UCSF:
• Goal = 18,000 Medicare beneficiaries with MCI or dementia diagnosis
• 4,000 people tested so far with PET scan
• 54.3 percent of MCI patients and 70.5 percent of dementia patients had amyloid plaques
Sign up to participate here: http://memory.ucsf.edu/research/studies/ideas
I can't find the abstract but it may be available after the convention:
Imaging Dementia-Evidence for Amyloid Scanning (IDEAS) at UCSF:
• Goal = 18,000 Medicare beneficiaries with MCI or dementia diagnosis
• 4,000 people tested so far with PET scan
• 54.3 percent of MCI patients and 70.5 percent of dementia patients had amyloid plaques
Sign up to participate here: http://memory.ucsf.edu/research/studies/ideas
I can't find the abstract but it may be available after the convention:
https://www.alz.org/aaic/abstracts/abst ... rchive.aspFree access to abstracts from past Alzheimer’s Association International Conferences is available through Alzheimer’s & Dementia®: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association.