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    Mov Disord. 2008 Mar 15;23(4):596-9.

    Assessment of idiopathic rapid-eye-movement sleep behavior disorder by transcranial sonography, olfactory function test, and FP-CIT-SPECT.

    Unger MM, Möller JC, Stiasny-Kolster K, Mankel K, Berg D, Walter U, Hoeffken H, Mayer G, Oertel WH.

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    Department of Neurology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany. marcus.unger@med.uni-marburg.de

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    Idiopathic rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) has been suggested to be a risk factor for subsequent development of neurodegenerative disorders, especially Parkinson's disease (PD) and other alpha-synucleinopathies. At present, it is not possible to predict whether or not an iRBD patient will eventually develop PD. Here, we report 5 iRBD patients who underwent a test battery comprising a neurological examination (including UPDRS rating), mini mental state examination testing, transcranial sonography, olfactory function testing, and presynaptic dopamine transporter imaging with FP-CIT-SPECT. Our preliminary data show the diverse pattern of individual combinations of pathological findings when a multimodal assessment approach is applied in this patient group. Large-size longitudinal studies in iRBD patients are required to evaluate the usefulness of diagnostic tests to identify the subgroup of iRBD patients that is prone to develop PD.

    (c) 2007 Movement Disorder Society.

    PMID:
    18175346
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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