Asymmetry of basal ganglia perfusion in Tourette's syndrome shown by technetium-99m-HMPAO SPECT

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 188-191

  Klieger, Peter S ^a,b   Fett, Kristi A ^a   Dimitsopulos, Theresa ^a   Kurlan, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

basal ganglia; SPECT; Tourette's syndrome

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THALAMUS;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIMES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 0031039120     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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