Visual assessment of dorsolateral nigral hyperintensity on iron-sensitive MRI sequences provides excellent diagnostic accuracy for PD versus controls. Moreover, its loss appears to be a marker of nigral pathology and holds the potential for the differentiation of neurodegenerative from non-neurodegenerative parkinsonian disorders.
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