FDG-PET imaging in the investigation of homonymous hemianopia in a patient with MELAS syndrome

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 479-480

  Shelly, Martin J ^a,b   Kelly, Peter ^a   O'Connell, Martin J ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

FDG PET brain; Homonymous hemianopia; MELAS syndrome; Metabolism; MRI brain

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; UBIQUINONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; HEADACHE; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEIZURE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 34249075067     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3180537852     Document Type: Article

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