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DAT SPECT may have diagnostic value in prodromal SCA2 patients with parkinsonism.
Parkinsonism & related disorders - 1 Nov 2017
Miyaue Noriyuki, Tada Satoshi, Ando Rina, Iwaki Hirotaka, Yabe Hayato, Nishikawa Noriko, Nagai Masahiro, Takashima Hiroshi, Nomoto Masahiro
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INTRODUCTION: Although spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) is classified as hereditary spinocerebellar degeneration, some patients present with parkinsonism before developing cerebellar ataxia. METHODS: 123I-metaiodobenzyl guanidine (123I-MIBG) myocardial scintigraphy and/or dopamine transporter single photon emission computed tomography (DAT SPECT) using 123I-ioflupane (123I-FP-CIT) were performed for the six...
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