Infantile spasms: III. Prognostic implications of bitemporal hypometabolism on positron emission tomography

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 643-649

  Chugani, Harry T ^a,b   Da Silva, Ednéa ^a   Chugani, Diane C ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN METABOLISM; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURES; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0029885066     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410390514     Document Type: Article

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