Title |
Specificity of transcranial sonography in parkinson spectrum disorders in comparison to degenerative cognitive syndromes
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Published in |
BMC Neurology, March 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2377-12-12 |
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Authors |
Kristina Laučkaitė, Daiva Rastenytė, Danguolė Šurkienė, Antanas Vaitkus, Andrius Sakalauskas, Arūnas Lukoševičius, Rymantė Gleiznienė |
Abstract |
Hyperechogenicity of the substantia nigra (SN+), detected by transcranial sonography (TCS), was reported as a characteristic finding in Parkinson's disease (PD), with high diagnostic accuracy values, when compared mainly to healthy controls or essential tremor (ET) group. However, some data is accumulating that the SN + could be detected in other neurodegenerative and even in non-neurodegenerative disorders too. Our aim was to estimate the diagnostic accuracy of TCS, mainly focusing on the specificity point, when applied to a range of the parkinsonian disorders, and comparing to the degenerative cognitive syndromes. |
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