Clinical value of MRI and acute madopar responsiveness test in diagnosing progressive supranuclear palsy

• Published in: Zhongguo xian dai shen jing ji bing za zhi Vol. 13; no. 7; pp. 582 - 586
• Main Authors: Xiao-hong, LI, FENG, Tao, WANG, Zhan, Fang-fei, LI, LI, Xin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tianjin Shi Tianjin Huanhu Hospital 01.07.2013
• Subjects: Dopamine; Hydrazines; Magnetic resonance imaging; Parkinson disease; Parkinson's disease; Supranuclear palsy, progressive

Objective To investigate the MRI abnormalities and acute madopar responsiveness test in diagnosing progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and Parkinson's disease (PD). Methods Seventeen patients with PSP and 17 gender and age matched patients with PD were studied with cranial MRI examinations and...