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Vascular parkinsonism in a CADASIL case with an intact nigrostriatal dopaminergic system

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Abbreviations

CADASIL:

cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukencephalopathy

MRI:

magnetic resonance imaging

PET:

positron emission tomography

SPECT:

single photon emission computed tomography

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  1. Department of Neurology, University of Leipzig, Liebigstr. 22a, 04103, Leipzig, Germany

    F. Wegner MD, K. Strecker, J. Schwarz & A. Wagner

  2. Institute of Human Genetics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

    W. Heinritz

  3. Institute of Pathology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

    F. Sommerer

  4. Institute of Neuropathology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    D. R. Thal

  5. Dept. of Neuroradiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

    J.-P. Schneider

  6. Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

    K. Kendziorra & O. Sabri

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Wegner, F., Strecker, K., Schwarz, J. et al. Vascular parkinsonism in a CADASIL case with an intact nigrostriatal dopaminergic system. J Neurol 254, 1743–1745 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-007-0529-4

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