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. 2001 Dec 4;135(11):1010-1.
doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-135-11-200112040-00026.

Sympathetic neurocirculatory failure in Parkinson disease: Evidence for an etiologic role of alpha-synuclein

D S Goldstein, S T Li, I J Kopin

Sympathetic neurocirculatory failure in Parkinson disease: Evidence for an etiologic role of alpha-synuclein

D S Goldstein et al. Ann Intern Med. .
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Thoracic positron tomographic emission scans after injection of 13N-ammonia (top row) and 6-[18F]fluorodopamine (bottom row). Scans were done in a normal volunteer (left), a patient with sporadic Parkinson disease (middle), and a patient with familial Parkinson disease associated with mutation of the α-synuclein gene (right). White crosses indicate the left ventricular septum and chamber. Both patients with Parkinson disease have undetectable myocardial 6-[18F]fluorodopamine–derived radioactivity.
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