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Default BMAA in ALS and Alzheimer's Disease

Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> not approved by the FDA for this use. There is another
> compound which can be used to image amyloid deposits
> on PET that has been submitted for FDA approval, but
> unless it's been approved very recently it's still in
> the process.


It was approved a few months ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florbetaben_(18F)