MRI in basal ganglia diseases.
76 patients suffering from different basal ganglia diseases (28 cases with M. Parkinson, secondary parkinsonism and Parkinson diseases; 5 cases with Chorea Huntington; 5 cases with Fahr disease and 38 cases with M. Wilson) MRI featured 2 characteristical patterns: 1. abnormal deposition of minerals, 2. focal atrophies of involved organs. Thus MRI provides with informations about: 1. differential diagnosis in clinically misleading courses, 2. stage and, as a consequence, prognosis of some diseases, 3. biochemical processes of diseases in vivo.
Wimberger
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Neurological Clinic, University of Vienna, Austria.
Prayer
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Kramer
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Binder
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Imhof
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged