Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of Brain Amyloid in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2011-04-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
To determine the level of association between the quantitative estimates of brain uptake of
[18F]flutemetamol and the quantitative immunohistochemical and histochemistry estimates of
amyloid levels in frontal lobe biopsy samples obtained from subjects during shunt placement
for NPH.