Parkinson subtypes progress differently in clinical course and imaging pattern.

OBJECTIVE: To elucidate whether Parkinson's disease (PD) subtypes show a differential pattern of FP-CIT-SPECT binding during the disease course. METHODS: We examined 27 patients (10 female, 17 male, mean age 61.68±11.24 years, 14 tremordominant, 13 akinetic-rigid) with [(123)I]FP-CIT-SPECT and...

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Main Authors: Carsten Eggers, David J Pedrosa, Deniz Kahraman, Franziska Maier, Catharine J Lewis, Gereon R Fink, Matthias Schmidt, Lars Timmermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3466171?pdf=render