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Abstract
In this paper the use of PET for determining the patterns of disruption of both regional cerebral metabolism, and the pre- and post-synaptic dopaminergic systems, associated with movement disorders is reviewed. That the various akinetic-rigid syndromes result in distinctive PET findings is shown, making functional imaging valuable in their differential diagnosis. PET may also be useful for detecting the presence of sub-clinical disease in Huntington's disease and other inherited movement disorders.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2666580 PMCID: PMC1033310 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.52.suppl.68
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry ISSN: 0022-3050 Impact factor: 10.154