Boxing and Parkinson disease: a link or a myth? An 18F-FDOPA PET/CT study in retired Thai traditional boxers

Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2012 Jun;18(5):694-6. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2012.01.010. Epub 2012 Feb 7.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Boxing / injuries*
  • Brain Injury, Chronic / complications*
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Parkinson Disease, Secondary* / diagnostic imaging
  • Parkinson Disease, Secondary* / etiology
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Thailand
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18