SPECT abnormalities with unilateral arm dystonia in a young mentally retarded apprentice cook: Contralateral thalamo-cortical dysfunction

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 253-256

  Hiraga, Akiyuki ^a   Fukutake, Toshio ^a   Arai, Kimihito ^a   Kikkawa, Yuriko ^a   Hattori, Takamichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Frontal cortex; Single photon emission tomography; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM;

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOKING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARM; DYSTONIA; EMPLOYMENT; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0038022586     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8020(02)00051-2     Document Type: Article

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