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Other diagnostic studies
Response to dopaminergic therapy: One of the useful methods in diagnosing PD is patient response to dopaminergic therapy. Levodopa and apomorphine challenge tests in proven to be useful in distinguishing PD from other parkinsonian syndromes.[1]
References
- ↑ Suchowersky O, Reich S, Perlmutter J, Zesiewicz T, Gronseth G, Weiner WJ (April 2006). "Practice Parameter: diagnosis and prognosis of new onset Parkinson disease (an evidence-based review): report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology". Neurology. 66 (7): 968–75. doi:10.1212/01.wnl.0000215437.80053.d0. PMID 16606907.