Dystonic posturing associated with putaminal hyperperfusion depicted on subtraction SPECT

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 948-953

  Mizobuchi, Masahiro ^a   Matsuda, Kazumi ^b   Inoue, Yushi ^b   Sako, Kazuya ^a   Sumi, Yoshihiro ^a   Chitoku, Shiro ^a   Tsumaki, Katsumi ^b   Takahashi, Masaaki ^a  

^a Nakamura Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF EPILEPSY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dystonic posturing; Epilepsy; Putamen; SPECT

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; IOFETAMINE I 123;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DYSTONIA; DYSTONIC POSTURING; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; DYSTONIA; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONUS; POSTURE; PUTAMEN; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 4043061568     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.45403.x     Document Type: Article

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