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Antiamyloid Therapy and Cerebral Blood Flow Changes on MRI: A Potential Longitudinal Biomarker of Treatment Response?

Andres Ricaurte-Fajardo, Jana Ivanidze, Deborah Zhang, Meem Mahmud, Weiye Yasen, Lisa Ravdin, Silky Pahlajani, Mony de Leon, Anna S. Nordvig and Gloria C. Chiang
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8654
Andres Ricaurte-Fajardo
aFrom the Department of Radiology (A.R.-F., J.I., S.P., M.d.L., G.C.C.), Brain Health Imaging Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
bDepartment of Neurology (A.R.-F.), Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia
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Jana Ivanidze
aFrom the Department of Radiology (A.R.-F., J.I., S.P., M.d.L., G.C.C.), Brain Health Imaging Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
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Deborah Zhang
cDepartment of Neurology (D.Z., M.M., W.Y., L.R., A.S.N.), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
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Meem Mahmud
cDepartment of Neurology (D.Z., M.M., W.Y., L.R., A.S.N.), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
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Weiye Yasen
cDepartment of Neurology (D.Z., M.M., W.Y., L.R., A.S.N.), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
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Lisa Ravdin
cDepartment of Neurology (D.Z., M.M., W.Y., L.R., A.S.N.), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
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Silky Pahlajani
aFrom the Department of Radiology (A.R.-F., J.I., S.P., M.d.L., G.C.C.), Brain Health Imaging Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
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Mony de Leon
aFrom the Department of Radiology (A.R.-F., J.I., S.P., M.d.L., G.C.C.), Brain Health Imaging Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
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Anna S. Nordvig
cDepartment of Neurology (D.Z., M.M., W.Y., L.R., A.S.N.), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
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Gloria C. Chiang
aFrom the Department of Radiology (A.R.-F., J.I., S.P., M.d.L., G.C.C.), Brain Health Imaging Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Jun 2025, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A8654
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