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Transcranial sonography in Parkinson*s Disease and Restless Legs Syndrome

Completed
Conditions
animarum tibiarum
Ekbom syndrome
restless legs
10028037
Registration Number
NL-OMON32740
Lead Sponsor
Medisch Centrum Haaglanden
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria PD patients with RLS
1.Fulfillment of the United Kingdom PD Society Brain Bank criteria for idiopathic PD.
2.Definite RLS in which all four revised minimal criteria of RLS are fulfilled based on an personal history taken by a RLS trained investigator/ doctor;Inclusion criteria PD without RLS
1.Fulfillment of the United Kingdom PD Society Brain Bank criteria for idiopathic PD.
2.Definite no diagnosis of RLS based on a personal history taken by a RLS trained investigator/ doctor
3.Age, sex , PD severity (Hoehn & Yahr and total levodopa-equivalent) matched to the PD patients with RLS;Inclusion criteria of RLS without PD
1.Definite RLS in which all four revised minimal criteria of RLS are fulfilled based on an personal history taken by a RLS trained investigator/ doctor
2.All secondary RLS patients are excluded besides iron deficiency related RLs
3.Age and sex matched to the PD patients;Inclusion criteria healthy controls
1. Definite no RLS or other known diseases
2. Age and sex matched to the RLS patients without PD

Exclusion Criteria

1.No temporal bone window to perform a qualitatively good transcranial sonography
2.Iron medication
3.Pregnancy

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>To determine the echogenicity of the substantia nigra, red nucleus and brain<br /><br>stem raphe in these four groups</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>To determine the serum iron status in these four groups<br /><br>To determine the relation between echogenicity and iron status in the four<br /><br>groups</p><br>
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