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The ‘Swallow Tail’ Appearance of the Healthy Nigrosome – A New Accurate Test of Parkinson's Disease: A Case-Control and Retrospective Cross-Sectional MRI Study at 3T

There is no well-established in vivo marker of nigral degeneration in Parkinson's disease (PD). An ideal imaging marker would directly mirror the loss of substantia nigra dopaminergic neurones, which is most prominent in sub-regions called nigrosomes. High-resolution, iron-sensitive, magnetic r...

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Autores principales: Schwarz, Stefan T., Afzal, Mohammed, Morgan, Paul S., Bajaj, Nin, Gowland, Penny A., Auer, Dorothee P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3977922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24710392
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093814