Cardiac denervation and dysautonomia in Parkinson's disease: A review of screening techniques
β Scribed by Kathryn K. Post; Carlos Singer; Spiridon Papapetropoulos
- Book ID
- 116820494
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 162 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1353-8020
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## Abstract Attention has been drawn to cardiac sympathetic denervation in Parkinson's disease (PD) based on clinical studies using [123I] metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy; however, the histologic correlates and time course of cardiac sympathetic denervation are poorly understood. To address th