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Piercostanzo Loizzo

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Myocardial 123metaiodobenzylguanidine uptake in genetic Parkinson's disease.

2008

Myocardial (123)Metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) enables the assessment of postganglionic sympathetic cardiac innervation. MIBG uptake is decreased in nearly all patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Our objective was to evaluate MIBG uptake in patients with genetic PD. We investigated MIBG uptake in 14 patients with PD associated with mutations in different genes (Parkin, DJ-1, PINK], and leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 -LRRK2), in 15 patients with idiopathic PD, and 10 control subjects. The myocardial MIGB uptake was preserved in 3 of the 4 Parkin-associated Parkinsonisms, in I of the 2 patients with DJ-1 mutations, in 1 of the 2 brothers with PINK] mutations, in 3 of the 6 unrelated patient…

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