Okay, don’t panic you come to the right place! First of all, Parkinsonism simply means you have features of Parkinson’s disease (PD) but not the entire clinical picture based on the UK a brain criterion which includes 4 main symptoms: rest tremor; rigidity (stiffness); bradykenisia (slowness); and gait abnormality. Usually people labeled ‘parkinsonian’ have two orContinue reading “Help! I was given diagnosis of Parkinsonism -What Now?: By Dr. De Leon”
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DAT Scan: Can it Really Tell Me I have PD? : By Dr. De Leon
Dat Scan (Ioflupane I 23 injection also known as phenyltropane) is a radio pharmaceutical agent injected into the veins of a patient known as SPECT nuclear medicine test. When this test was approved in was under the premise that it will be an added tool in the armamentarium of the neurologists/ movement disorder specialist toContinue reading “DAT Scan: Can it Really Tell Me I have PD? : By Dr. De Leon”
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