Clinical characteristics of patients with Parkinson's disease with reduced 123I-Metaiodobenzylguanidine uptake in the major salivary glands and heart

Parkinson's disease (PD) shows cardiac sympathetic denervation (SD) in 123I-metaiodbezylguanidine (MIBG) scintigraphy. Recently, SD in the major salivary glands (MSG-SD) was introduced as a possible radiological feature of PD.

Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - February 12, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Junya Ebina, Sunao Mizumura, Harumi Morioka, Mari Shibukawa, Junpei Nagasawa, Masaru Yanagihashi, Takehisa Hirayama, Nobutomo Ishii, Yukio Kobayashi, Akira Inaba, Satoshi Orimo, Osamu Kano Source Type: research