40 percent diagnosed Alzheimer's, not after brain biopsy

Coming across this article this morning in the Alzheimer's google news, I was amazed, then not. I have always thought there was/is somethng else going on in the dementia world. Vascular dementia, or other dementia's. People need to know there are other dementia's besides Alzheimer's. Ones that can be cured if looked into carefully. Please seek other opinions from the medical profession. Don't take one doctor's word for it.

Alzheimer’s Association 2010 International Conference

More than 40 percent of patients diagnosed with early dementia, were found not to have Alzheimer’s disease on autopsy. Other forms of dementia and conditions that can cause memory problems go undiagnosed and untreated. Syntermed's NeuroQ software program increases accuracy of FDG-PET brain imaging for improved diagnosis of dementia and AD. Syntermed, Inc. is also collaborating with Avid Radiopharmaceuticals to quantify Amyloid uptake for Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Secure remote access of PET Scans for Clinical Trials is now possible with Syntermed Live™.

There is a high rate of misdiagnosis of Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia. More than 40% of patients diagnosed with early dementia who are found on autopsy not to have Alzheimer’s disease, were misdiagnosed with AD during life. Other forms of dementia and conditions that can cause memory problems go undiagnosed and untreated.
FDG-PET is used in the diagnosis of dementia. Including all dementias, more than 30% of patients are misdiagnosed. Using FDG-PET in the diagnosis of dementia increases the accuracy of the diagnosis to approximately 90%. Expertise is required to interpret the complex and quantitative data in the scans. Most physicians do not frequently read these images.

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