Episodic receptive aphasia in a child with Landau-Kleffner Syndrome: PET correlates

Brain and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 592-596

  Luat, Aimee F ^a,b   Chugani, Harry T ^a,b,c   Asano, Eishi ^a,b   Juhász, Csaba ^a,b   Trock, Gary ^a,b   Rothermel, Robert ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain glucose metabolism PET scan; Interictal spikes; Landau Kleffner Syndrome; Quantitative electroencephalography; Receptive aphasia

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; GLUCOSE; TRACER;

APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CONVERSATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REMISSION; SCALP; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33747876906     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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