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WASHINGTON -- Cognitive changes in Parkinson's disease can be seen on positron emission tomography imaging and correlate well with psychological tests, according to data reported in a poster at the World Parkinson Congress.
Dr. David Eidelberg, director of the Center for Neurosciences, and his colleagues at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research at the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in Manhasset, N.Y., studied 47 Parkinson's disease (PD) patients (31 men and 16 women) using [.sup.18]fluorodeoxyglucose PET imaging to identify...
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