## Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the rate of progression in Parkinson's disease (PD) with 6‐[^18^F]fluoro‐L‐dopa (FDOPA) positron emission tomography (PET). We investigated 21 patients with PD and eight healthy controls. Ten of the patients were de novo at the time of the first
Corticostriatal covariance patterns of 6–[18F]fluoro–L–dopa and [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose PET in Parkinson's disease
✍ Scribed by V. Kaasinen; R. P. Maguire; H.–P. Hundemer; K. L. Leenders
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 369 KB
- Volume
- 253
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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