Functional brain imaging in Sydenham's chorea [1]

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 544-545

  Demiroren, Kaan ^a  

^a Cagri Tip Merzi ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THALAMUS;

BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHOREATIC DISORDERS; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33746103318     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7010.2006.00067     Document Type: Letter

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