SPECT, CT and MRI in a Turkish Family with Huntington's Disease

Overview

Journal Neuroradiology

Specialties Neurology
Radiology

Date 1993 Jan 1

PMID 8232881

Citations 1

Authors

R P Bruyn

G Hageman

J A Geelen

F A van der Weel

A R Rozeboom

F Barkhof

P Scheltens

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Abstract

A Turkish family with Huntington's disease documented on CT, MRI and SPECT is reported. Whereas in clinically definite cases CT and MRI are of limited value and SPECT does not add anything of value, in one asymptomatic subject SPECT showed moderate caudate nucleus hypoperfusion, underlining the hypothesis that SPECT may have a role in predicting Huntington's disease.

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