Table 1

Maximum normalised FDG uptake in the control group and patients in some of the examined structures. The Z value is computed as the absolute value of the difference of the uptake in the patient and the mean uptake in the control group normalised to the SD of the uptake in the control group

RegionControl groupPatient 1Patient 2
Mean uptakeSDUptakeZUptakeZ
Putamen right130.712.5101.32.4123.10.6
Putamen left130.38.5108.62.6118.81.4
Caudate nucleus right124.48.8103.72.4105.92.1
Caudate nucleus left123.36.887.05.3108.72.1
Frontal lobe right142.111.7162.01.7143.30.1
Frontal lobe left144.110.9156.61.1145.90.2
Occipital lobe right157.615.9128.21.8134.01.5
Occipital lobe left159.811.7132.32.4132.52.3
Thalamus right127.412.0136.90.8132.40.4
Thalamus left121.59.3142.12.2135.51.5