ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Visual analysis of nigrosome-1 in the differential diagnosis of Parkinson's disease and essential tremor
Research Center of Neurology, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Anna N. Moskalenko
Volokolamskoe sh., 80, Moscow, 125367, Russia; ur.relbmar@nrek_kin_anna
Author contribution: Moskalenko AN — clinical assessment, data acquisition and interpretation, literature analysis, manuscript preparation; Filatov AS — data analysis and interpretation, manuscript preparation; Konovalov RN — data analysis and interpretation, study planning and supervision; Fedotova EYu, Illarioshkin SN — study planning and supervision.
Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Research Center of Neurology (Protocol № 2–5/20 dated March 18, 2020). Informed consent was obtained from all study participants.
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