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Nigrostriatal dysfunction in homozygous and heterozygous <i>parkin</i> gene carriers: An <sup>18</sup>F‐dopa PET progression study
20 Oct 2009
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Little is known about the rate of progression of striatal dysfunction in subjects with parkin-linked parkinsonism. Being a heterozygous parkin gene carrier may confer susceptibility to Parkinson's disease (PD). In a previous (18)F-dopa PET study, we reported that 69% of carriers of a single parkin mutation showed subclinical loss of putamen dopaminergic function. Using serial (18)F-dopa PET, the present...
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