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Abstract #3427

Diabetes Mellitus Alters Brain Iron Metabolism in Cognitive Impaired Patients: Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) Study

Won-Jin Moon1, Yeon Sil Moon2, Jin Woo Choi1, Won Sung Yoon1, Ju Yeon Park1, and Seol-Heui Han2

1Department of Radiology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2Department of Neurology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

We found that the presence of DM is not associated with vacular risk factors on imaging and brain volumes, but associated with decreased susceptibility in left thalamus. Our results indicate that there may be a region-specific alteration of iron accumulation and iron metabolism in patients with both AD and DM.

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