Frontal lobe proton magnetic-resonance spectroscopy in Graves' disease: A pilot study

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 605-612

  Bhatara, Vinod S ^a,b,c   Tripathi, Rajendra P ^a   Sankar, Rajan ^a   Gupta, Ashok ^a   Khushu, Subash ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Choline containing compounds; Cholinergic adrenergic imbalance; Graves' disease; Hyperthyroidism; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Neurocognitive symptoms; Prefrontal lobe metabolism

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; CARBIMAZOLE; CHOLINE; CREATINE; GLYCEROPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOLINE; CREATINE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 0032144240     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(98)00028-6     Document Type: Article

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