Changes in perfusion pattern using ECD-SPECT indicate frontal lobe and cerebellar involvement in exercise-induced paroxysmal dystonia

Movement Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 125-134

  Kluge, Andreas ^a   Kettner, Beatrice ^a   Zschenderlein, Rolf ^a   Sandrock, Dirk ^a   Munz, Dieter L ^a   Hesse, Stefan ^b   Meierkord, Hartmut ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain perfusion; Cerebellum; Exercise induced paroxysmal dystonia (EPD); Frontal cortex; Intermediate paroxysmal choreoathetosis; Kinematic electromyography (KEMG); SPECT

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSTONIA; EPILEPSY; EXERCISE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DYSTONIA; EPILEPSY; EXERTION; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; SEIZURES; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0031964563     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870130124     Document Type: Article

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