Nigral degeneration and striatal dopamin
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Michele T.M. Hu; Christoph Scherfler; Naheed L. Khan; Jo V. Hajnal; Andrew J. Le
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Article
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2005
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract We have used MR segmented inversion recovery ratio imaging (SIRRIM) of the substantia nigra pars compacta to detect and correlate nigral signal change in idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) and __parkin__ patients with striatal ^18^F‐dopa uptake. Nine PD patients, nine __parkin__ patien