Rett syndrome: 1H spectroscopic imaging at 4.1 Tesla

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 524-528

  Pan, Jullie W ^a,c   Lane, Jane B ^b   Hetherington, Hoby ^a,e   Percy, Alan K ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; ASPARTIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; N-ACETYLASPARTATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; RETT SYNDROME; STEREOTYPY; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE;

ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATINE; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETT SYNDROME;

EID: 0032588312     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389901400808     Document Type: Article

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