Follow-up findings in regional cerebral blood flow (r-CBF)-SPECT in a case of idiopathic childhood hemidystonia: Functional neuroimaging and pathophysiological implications

NuklearMedizin

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 72-74

  Fiedler, Andreas ^b   Marienhagen, J ^a   Aderbauer, Judith ^c   Bock, Elke ^a   Segerer, H ^c   Eilles, Chr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b St Hedwig's Hospital   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Hemidystonia; SPECT; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; LEVODOPA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

EID: 0033029566     PISSN: 00295566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632194     Document Type: Article

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