α[11C)methyl-L-tryptophan positron emission tomography in patients with alternating hemiplegia of childhood

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 253-260

  Pfun, Zoltán ^a   Chugani, Diane C ^a   Muzik, Otto ^a   Juhász, Csaba ^a   Behen, Michael E ^a   Lee, Jennifer ^a   Chakraborty, Pulak ^a   Mangner, Thomas ^a   Chugani, Harry T ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYL TRYPTOPHAN C 11; NEUROTRANSMITTER; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALPHA-METHYLTRYPTOPHAN; CARBON; DRUG DERIVATIVE; N METHYLTRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIGRAINE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOGENESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SIBLING; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFANT; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCINTISCANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MALE; SEROTONIN; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0035988171     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307380201700403     Document Type: Article

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