Comparative evaluation of concomitant structural and functional neuroimages in Rasmussen's encephalitis

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-345

  Fogarasi, András ^a   Hegyi, Márta ^a   Neuwirth, Magdolna ^a   Halász, Péter ^b   Barsi, Péter ^b   Farkas, Viktor ^c   Bognár, László ^d  

^a Bethesda Children's Hospital   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSURGERY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; MRI; Neuroimaging; PET; Rasmussen's encephalitis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0141566780     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1051228403258083     Document Type: Article

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