Boxing and Parkinson disease: A link or a myth? An 18F-FDOPA PET/CT study in retired Thai traditional boxers

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 694-696

  Bhidayasiri, Roongroj ^a,b   Chotipanich, Chanisa ^c   Joutsa, Juho ^d   Tepmongkol, Supatporn ^a   Wannachai, Natnipa ^a   Johansson, Jarkko ^d   Juiklom, Wantana ^c   Rinne, Juha O ^d  

^a THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHULABHORN GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 FLUORODOPA F 18;

AGED; BOXING; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG UPTAKE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LETTER; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; THAILAND;

AGED; BOXING; BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THAILAND;

EID: 84861193166     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2012.01.010     Document Type: Letter

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