Yaqin Xiang, XiuRong Huang, Qian Xu, Zhenhua Liu, Yase Chen, Qiying Sun, Junling Wang, Hong Jiang, Lu Shen, Xinxiang Yan, Beisha Tang, Jifeng Guo
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the sequence of several common biomarker changes in Parkinson's disease (PD) using a novel data-driven method. METHODS: We included 374 PD patients and 169 healthy controls (HC) from the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI). Biomarkers, including the left putamen striatal binding ratio (SBR), right putamen SBR, left caudate SBR, right caudate SBR, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) α-synuclein, and serum neurofilament light chain (NfL), were selected in our study...
January 2024: Parkinsonism & related Disorders