STRIATAL HYPOMETABOLISM DISTINGUISHES STRIATONIGRAL DEGENERATION FROM PARKINSONS-DISEASE
STRIATAL HYPOMETABOLISM DISTINGUISHES STRIATONIGRAL DEGENERATION FROM PARKINSONS-DISEASE
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DOI:
10.1002/ana.410330517
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发表时间:
1993-05-01
影响因子:
11.2
通讯作者:
FAHN, S
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作者:
EIDELBERG, D;TAKIKAWA, S;FAHN, S
Regional and global metabolic rates for glucose were estimated using F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose and positron emission tomography in 10 patients with a clinical likelihood of striatonigral degeneration (2 men and 8 women; mean age, 61.8 +/- 6.9 years; mean disease duration, 4.7 +/- 2.2 years; mean Hoehn and Yahr score, 3.5 +/- 0.8). Measures of brain glucose metabolism in these patients were compared with those for 10 age-matched normal volunteers, 10 disease severity-matched patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), and 10 disease duration-matched patients with PD. Normalized glucose metabolism was significantly reduced in the caudate (p < 0.03) and putamen (p < 0.003) as compared with that in normal and PD control subjects, and discriminated patients with striatonigral degeneration from control subjects (p < 0.002). Putamenal hypometabolism in patients with striatonigral degeneration correlated significantly with quantitative ratings of motor disability (p < 0.02). These results suggest that quantitative F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography techniques may be useful in supporting a diagnosis of striatonigral degeneration in life, and in objectively assessing disease severity and potential therapeutic interventions.