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Developments in the role of transcranial sonography for the differential diagnosis of parkinsonism.
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- Differentiating progressive supranuclear palsy from other movement disorders using transcranial sonography: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024Pooled it
- State-of-the-Art Transcranial Sonography for Neuropsychiatric and Dementia Disorders: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Transcranial sonography depicts a larger substantia nigra echogenic area in renal transplant patients on calcineurin inhibitors than on rapamycin.BMC nephrology · 2022Article
- Role of the nigrosome 1 absence as a biomarker in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Journal of neurology · 2022Article
- Neurosonological Findings Related to Non-Motor Features of Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review.Brain sciences · 2021Review
- Prodromal Markers of Parkinson's Disease in Patients With Essential Tremor.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Review
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- The predictive power of transcranial sonography in movement disorders: a longitudinal cohort study.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2018Article
- Diagnostic biomarkers for Parkinson's disease at a glance: where are we?Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2018Review
- Transcranial Sonographic Alterations of Substantia Nigra and Third Ventricle in Parkinson's Disease with or without Dementia.Chinese medical journal · 2017Article
- Transcranial sonography image characteristics in different Parkinson's disease subtypes.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2017Article
- Genetic and constitutional factors are major contributors to substantia nigra hyperechogenicity.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Advances in Biomarker Research in Parkinson's Disease.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2016Review
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Abstract
In the last two decades transcranial sonography (TCS) has developed as a valuable, supplementary tool in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of movement disorders. In this review, we highlight recent evidence supporting TCS as a reliable method in the differential diagnosis of parkinsonism, combining substantia nigra (SN), basal ganglia and ventricular system findings. Moreover, several studies support SN hyperechogenicity as one of most important risk factors for Parkinson's disease (PD). The advantages of TCS include short investigation time, low cost and lack of radiation. Principal limitations are still the dependency on the bone window and operator experience. New automated algorithms may reduce the role of investigator skill in the assessment and interpretation, increasing TCS diagnostic reliability. Based on the convincing evidence available, the EFNS accredited the method of TCS a level A recommendation for supporting the diagnosis of PD and its differential diagnosis from secondary and atypical parkinsonism. An increasing number of training programmes is extending the use of this technique in clinical practice.
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