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Diffusion tensor MRI for the differentiation of Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy

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boxed-textIto M et al. (2007) Usefulness of combined fractional anisotropy and apparent diffusion coefficient values for detection of involvement in multiple system atrophy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 78: 722–728

Clinicians should continue to diagnose multiple system atrophy on the basis of clinical signs and symptoms, but in the future they might be able to use new imaging criteria

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  1. O Ciccarelli is a Wellcome Trust Advanced Fellow at the Department of Brain Repair and Rehabilitation, Institute of Neurology, University College London, and Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.,

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