florbetapir

English

Noun

florbetapir (uncountable)

1. A radiopharmaceutical compound containing the radionuclide fluorine-18, used in diagnosing Alzheimer's disease.
   • 2015 July 30, “Brain Amyloid Deposition and Longitudinal Cognitive Decline in Nondemented Older Subjects: Results from a Multi-Ethnic Population”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Landau and colleagues found that subjects with positive florbetapir declined significantly faster than those with negative florbetapir on Cognitive subscale of the Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale.