Transcranial sonography as a diagnostic tool for Parkinson's disease: a pilot study in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In Brazil there is no systematic study on Transcranial Sonography (TCS), a neuroimaging method that depicts echogenic deep brain structures using ultrasound. OBJECTIVE: To establish the percentage of subjects with permissive temporal windows and to address the ability of TCS of the substantia nigra...

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Main Authors: Rita de Cássia Leite Fernandes, Ana Lucia Zuma de Rosso, Maurice Borges Vincent, Kátia Silveira da Silva, Claudia Bonan, Nordeval Cavalcante Araújo, Daniela Berg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2011-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2011000700008&lng=en&tlng=en