Hypermetabolism of the medial temporal lobe in limbic encephalitis on 18FDG-PET scan: A case report

European Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 187-189

  Na, Duk L ^a   Hahm, Dong Seok ^a,b   Park, Jung Mi ^a   Kim, Sang Eun ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Young In Geriatric Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEMORY DISORDERS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0035049848     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000052123     Document Type: Article

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