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Differentiation of Typical and Atypical Parkinson Syndromes by Quantitative MR Imaging.
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PMID:  21998102     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The differential diagnosis of Parkinson syndromes remains a major challenge. Quantitative MR imaging can aid in this classification, but it is unclear which of the proposed techniques is best suited for this task. We, therefore, conducted a head-to-head study with different quantitative MR imaging measurements in patients with IPS, MSA-type Parkinson, PSP, and healthy elderly controls.MATERIALS AND METHODS:Thirty-one patients and 13 controls underwent a comprehensive quantitative MR imaging protocol including R2*-, R2- and R1-mapping, magnetization transfer, and DTI with manual region-of-interest measurements in basal ganglia regions. Group differences were assessed with a post hoc ANOVA with a Bonferroni error correction and an ROC.RESULTS:The best separation of MSA from IPS in patients and controls could be achieved with R2*-mapping in the PU, with an ROC AUC of ≤0.96, resulting in a sensitivity of 77.8% (with a specificity 100%). MD was increased in patients with PSP compared with controls and to a lesser extent compared with those with IPS and MSA in the SN.CONCLUSIONS:Among the applied quantitative MR imaging methods, R2*-mapping seems to have the best predictive power to separate patients with MSA from those with IPS, and DTI for identifying PSP.
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N K Focke; G Helms; P M Pantel; S Scheewe; M Knauth; C G Bachmann; J Ebentheuer; P Dechent; W Paulus; C Trenkwalder
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-10-13
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Title:  AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1936-959X     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Oct 
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Created Date:  2011-10-14     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  8003708     Medline TA:  AJNR Am J Neuroradiol     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, MR-Research in Neurology and Psychiatry, and Department of Neuroradiology, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; and Paracelsus Elena Klinik, Specialized Movement Disorders Hospital, Kassel, Germany.
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