Autopsy findings in a patient who had an adrenal‐to‐brain transplant for Parkinson's disease

Donald I. Peterson, M. Lynne Price, Carrol S. Small

Neurology · 1989 · 155 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

Autopsy findings in a patient who had an adrenal-to-brain transplant for Parkinson's disease 4 months before his death showed adrenal tissue in the basal ganglia, but it was necrotic. Symptomatic improvement lasted for only 2 weeks.