No correlation of substantia nigra echog
No correlation of substantia nigra echogenicity and nigrostriatal degradation in Parkinson's disease
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Elmar Lobsien; Simon Schreiner; Michail Plotkin; Andreas Kupsch; Stephan J. Schr
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Article
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2012
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## Background: Substantia nigra hyperechogenicity assessed by transcranial sonography is a typical finding in up to 90% of patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease, although its value as a surrogate marker for disease progression in Parkinson's disease is controversial. ^123^I‐FP‐C