title: Autopsy findings in a patient who had an adrenal-to-brain transplant for Parkinson's disease.
abstract: Autopsy findings in a patient who had an adrenal-to-brain transplant for Parkinson's disease 4 months before his death showed adrenal tissue in the basal ganglia, but it was necrotic. Symptomatic improvement lasted for only 2 weeks.
authors.affiliation: Neurology Section, Riverside General Hospital, CA 92503.
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Small
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000473:pathology* / Q000637:transplantation; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002470:Cell Survival; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors