Cerebral perfusion impairment in a patient with toluene abuse

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 632-633

  Ryu, Young Hoon ^a   Lee, Jong Doo ^a   Yoon, Pyeong Ho ^a   Jeon, Pyoung ^a   Kim, Dong Ik ^a   Shin, Dong Won ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebral perfusion; Magnetic resonance imaging; SPECT; Technetium 99m ethyl cysteinate dimer; Toluene

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; TOLUENE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CYSTEINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOLUENE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 2642617020     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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