exametazime · Medicine question

What is exametazime used for?

iatroX medicinesPublished 20 August 2026Reviewed 20 August 2026

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It prepares a radioactive tracer used in adult brain-perfusion SPECT to assess regional blood-flow patterns in selected cerebrovascular, epilepsy, dementia and brain-death investigations.

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