Role of dopamine transporter imaging in the diagnosis of atypical tremor disorders

Movement Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 7, 2003, Pages

  Marshall, Vicky ^a   Grosset, Donald G ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atypical tremor disorders; DAT imaging; Diagnosis; Essential tremor; Parkinson's disease; SPECT

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; LEVODOPA; LITHIUM; PRIMIDONE; SELEGILINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREMOR;

AGED; BRAIN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DOPAMINE; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PUTAMEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0242382827     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10574     Document Type: Article

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