Restricted unilateral Sydenham's chorea: Reversible contralateral striatal hypermetabolism demonstrated on single photon emission computed tomographic scanning

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 509-513

  Dilenge, Marie Emmanuelle ^a   Shevell, Michael I ^a   Dinh, Laurent ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHOREA MINOR; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

EID: 0032816899     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389901400805     Document Type: Article

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