Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis with fulminating course: Follow-up magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) findings

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-238

  Alkan, Alpay ^a   Kutlu, Ramazan ^a   Sigirci, Ahmet ^a   Aslan, Mehmet ^a   Sarac, Kaya ^a   Yakinci, Cengiz ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; METHISOPRINOL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATION; DETERIORATION; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 2342441439     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307380401900302     Document Type: Article

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