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Diagnostic Performance of ASL-MRI and FDG-PET in Frontotemporal Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Richard Dagher, Parisa Arjmand, Burak Berksu Ozkara, Mahla Radmard, Mona Gad, Ali Sheikhy, Max Wintermark, Vivek Yedavalli, Haris I. Sair and Licia P. Luna
American Journal of Neuroradiology December 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8440
Richard Dagher
aFrom the Department of Neuroradiology (R.D., B.B.O., M.W.), MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Parisa Arjmand
bMashhad University of Medical Sciences (P.A.), Mashhad, Iran
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Burak Berksu Ozkara
aFrom the Department of Neuroradiology (R.D., B.B.O., M.W.), MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Mahla Radmard
cRussell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science (M.R., V.Y., H.I.S., L.P.L.), Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
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Mona Gad
dDiagnostic Radiology Department (M.G.), Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt
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Ali Sheikhy
eRadiology and Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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Max Wintermark
aFrom the Department of Neuroradiology (R.D., B.B.O., M.W.), MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Vivek Yedavalli
cRussell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science (M.R., V.Y., H.I.S., L.P.L.), Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
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Haris I. Sair
cRussell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science (M.R., V.Y., H.I.S., L.P.L.), Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
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Licia P. Luna
cRussell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science (M.R., V.Y., H.I.S., L.P.L.), Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
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