Radiation myelopathy with partial functional recovery: PET evidence of long-term increased metabolic activity of the spinal cord

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-43

  Ésik, Olga ^a   Emri, Miklós ^b   Csornai, Márta ^c   Kásler, Miklós ^a   Godény, Mária ^a   Trón, Lajos ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c 1st Department of Internal Medicine   (Hungary)

Author keywords

11C methionine; 18F deoxyglucose; 15O butanol; Functional recovery of conduction; Positron emission tomography; Radiation myelopathy; Sodium channels

Indexed keywords

BUTANOL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHIONINE C 11; OXYGEN 15; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; COBALT THERAPY; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

EID: 18844465857     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00324-4     Document Type: Article

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