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Case Reports
. 2001 Jan 23;56(2):266-7.
doi: 10.1212/wnl.56.2.266.

SPECT imaging of the dopamine transporter in juvenile-onset dystonia

J D O'Sullivan  1 , D C Costa, S Gacinovic, A J Lees
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SPECT imaging of the dopamine transporter in juvenile-onset dystonia

J D O'Sullivan et al. Neurology. .

Abstract

Juvenile-onset dystonia that improves after levodopa may occur in both dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD) and juvenile parkinsonism (JP), clinically similar conditions with different prognoses and management goals. The authors show normal striatal uptake of the dopamine transporter ligand FP-CIT with SPECT in a clinically atypical case of DRD, in contrast to the reduced uptake observed in JP.

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