title: MRI in basal ganglia diseases.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Neurological Clinic, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wimberger
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Prayer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Binder
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imhof
mesh_terms: 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