Diagnostic and Pathophysiological Impact of Myocardial MIBG Scintigraphy in Parkinson's Disease

Myocardial MIBG scintigraphy is established in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD). Numerous studies address the pathophysiological impact of myocardial MIBG scintigraphy: the myocardial MIBG uptake correlates with the clinical phenotype of PD; the background of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Spiegel, Jörg
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2009
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2956969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20975774
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/295346
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Sumario:Myocardial MIBG scintigraphy is established in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD). Numerous studies address the pathophysiological impact of myocardial MIBG scintigraphy: the myocardial MIBG uptake correlates with the clinical phenotype of PD; the background of this phenomenon is unclear. Furthermore MIBG scintigraphy enables to study the extracranial Lewy body type-degeneration. In combination with cerebral dopamine transporter imaging, MIBG scintigraphy allows to correlate cerebral and extracranial Lewy body type-degeneration in PD.

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