Cerebral blood flow abnormalities in children with Sydenham's chorea: A SPECT study

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-246

  Kabakus, Nimet ^a   Balci, Tansel Ansal ^a   Kurt, Abdullah ^a   Kurt, Aysegul Nese Citak ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain SPECT; Sydenham's chorea; Tc 99m HMPAO

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHOREATIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33645537190     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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