Cerebral accumulation of Tc-99m ethyl cysteinate dimer (ECD) in severe, transient hypothyroidism

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-329

  Schraml, Frank V ^a,b,c   Beason Held, Lori L ^d   Fletcher, Douglas W ^b   Brown, Brian P ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Hypothyroidism; Imaging; Metabolism; Radiopharmaceutical

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; LIOTRIX; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; THYROID HORMONE; TRACER;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; METASTASIS; MOOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; PUTAMEN; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THALAMUS; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYSTEINE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33644530419     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600191     Document Type: Article

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