Transcranial color-coded sonography helps differentiation between idiopathic Parkinson's disease and vascular parkinsonism

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 254, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 501-507

  Tsai, Chung Fen ^a   Wu, Ruey Meei ^b   Huang, Yu Weng ^b   Chen, Li Ling ^b   Yip, Ping Keung ^b   Jeng, Jiann Shing ^b  

^a CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Parkinson's disease; Transcranial color coded sonography; Vascular parkinsonism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 34249075719     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0403-9     Document Type: Article

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