Health Condition 1: G308- Other Alzheimers disease Health Condition 2: G318- Other specified degenerative diseases of nervous system Health Condition 3: G20- Parkinsons disease Health Condition 4: G212- Secondary parkinsonism due to other external agents Health Condition 5: G231- Progressive supranuclear ophthalmoplegia [Steele-Richardson-Olszewski] Health Condition 6: G26- Extrapyramidal and movement disorders in diseases classified elsewhere Health Condition 7: G360- Neuromyelitis optica [Devi
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Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with a confirmed or clinically probable diagnosis of Neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer s, Parkinson s, Huntington s, Parkinson plus syndromes) Demyelinating diseases (Multiple Sclerosis, Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders) Age matched healthy controls without neurological or psychiatric illness
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: History or presence of other major neurological disorders (e.g., tumors, stroke, epilepsy) Significant head injury or prior neurosurgery MRI scans with poor image quality or motion artefacts
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mean QSM values in disease-specific brain regions of interest (ROIs) Diagnostic accuracy (sensitivity, specificity, AUC) of QSM in detecting disease-specific changes Correlation between QSM values and clinical severity (where applicable)Timepoint: at the end of the study no specific time points | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| NILTimepoint: NIL | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal