Beta-amyloid PET scans and predicting the onset of dementia in Parkinson’s disease patients

Wolfgang H. Oertel

Wolfgang H. Oertel, MD, PhD of University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany discusses the possibility of predicting the onset of dementia in Parkinson’s disease patients with a new technique called beta-amyloid PET scan, which allows in vivo visualization of beta-amyloid. Recorded at the 2017 Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.