1H chemical shift imaging of the brain in guanidino methyltransferase deficiency, a creatine deficiency syndrome; guanidinoacetate accumulation in the gray matter

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1923-1926

  Sijens, P E ^a   Verbruggen, K T ^b   Meiners, L C ^a   Soorani Lunsing, R J ^a   Rake, J P ^b   Oudkerk, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Creatine deficiency syndrome; Energy metabolism; Guanidino methyltransferase deficiency; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; GUANIDINOACETIC ACID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; ASPARTIC ACID; CHOLINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; GUANIDINOACETATE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROGEN; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; N-ACETYLASPARTATE;

AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME METABOLISM; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER; MALE; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WHITE MATTER; BLOOD; BRAIN LEVEL; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYNDROME;

ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLINE; CREATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; GUANIDINOACETATE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; SYNDROME;

EID: 18444367195     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2670-8     Document Type: Article

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