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05 April 2023: Articles

The Importance of Dopamine Deficiency Evaluation in Non-Alzheimer Disease Dementias

Mistake in diagnosis

Bader Alkharisi A , Khaled Dostzada A , Harleen Kaur B , Manoj Kumar B , Jeanne Y. Wei A , Gohar Azhar A*

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.938344

Am J Case Rep 2023; 24:e938344

Table 1. DAT scan-measured values compared with age-specific mean values, followed by the Z-Score for (A) Case 1, (B) Case 2, and (C) Case 3, respectively.

Striatum right SBRStriatum left SBRAnterior putamen right SBRAnterior putamen left SBRPosterior putamen right SBRPosterior putamen left SBRCaudatus right SBRCaudatus left SBR
() Case 1
Measured value+0.42+0.53+0.36+0.44+0.09+0.34+0.75+0.77
Mean (±1 SD)1.76 (±0.33)1.69 (±0.35)1.81 (±0.35)1.70 (±0.36)1.37 (±0.32)1.35 (±0.35)1.99 (±0.40)1.88 (±0.42)
Z-Score−4.02 −3.26 −4.17 −3.47 −3.96 −2.87 −3.11 −2.64
() Case 2
Measured value+0.54+0.57+0.50+0.41+0.13+0.37+0.92+0.92
Mean (±1 SD)1.77 (±0.33)1.70 (±0.35)1.81 (±0.35)1.71 (±0.36)1.38 (±0.32)1.37 (±0.35)1.99 (±0.40)1.90 (±0.42)
Z-Score−3.67 −3.18 −3.79 −3.58 −3.86 −2.83 −2.70 −2.32
() Case 3
Measured value+0.72+0.63+0.73+0.60+0.47+0.36+0.89+0.85
Mean (±1 SD)1.74 (±0.33)1.65 (±0.35)1.79 (±0.35)1.67 (±0.36)1.34 (±0.32)1.32 (±0.35)1.97 (±0.40)1.84 (±0.42)
Z-Score−3.05 −2.88 −3.05 −2.94 −2.68 −2.72 −2.71 −2.35
All measurements were highly significant for dopamine deficiency.
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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923