“Parkinson-dementia” diseases: A comparison by double tracer SPECT studies

We performed 123I-FP-CIT/SPECT and ECD/SPECT in 30 patients with Parkinson's disease with dementia (PDD) and 30 patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) to evaluate whether presynaptic nigro-striatal function and/or cerebral perfusional pattern is different in these diseases. The striatal...

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Published in:	Parkinsonism & related disorders Vol. 15; no. 10; pp. 762 - 766
Main Authors:	Rossi, Carlo, Volterrani, Duccio, Nicoletti, Valentina, Manca, Gianpiero, Frosini, Daniela, Kiferle, Lorenzo, Unti, Elisa, De Feo, Paola, Bonuccelli, Ubaldo, Ceravolo, Roberto
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2009
Subjects:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Brain Mapping Cerebrovascular Circulation - physiology Corpus Striatum - diagnostic imaging Corpus Striatum - physiopathology Dementia - complications Dementia - diagnostic imaging Dementia with Lewy bodies Diterpenes, Clerodane Female Humans Iodine Radioisotopes Lewy Body Disease - complications Lewy Body Disease - diagnostic imaging Male Neurology Parkinson disease Parkinson Disease - complications Parkinson Disease - diagnostic imaging Severity of Illness Index SPECT Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon Tropanes Parkinson disease SPECT Dementia with Lewy bodies
ISSN:	1353-8020, 1873-5126, 1873-5126
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