Lower dopamine transporter density in an asymptomatic patient with Kleine-Levin syndrome

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 370-373

  Hoexter, M Q ^a   Shih, M C ^a   Mendes, D D ^a   Godeiro Jr , C ^a   Felicio, A C ^a   Fu, Y K ^b   Tufik, S ^a   Bressan, R A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dopamine transporter; Kleine Levin syndrome; Single photon emission computed tomography; Striatum; TRODAT 1

Indexed keywords

[2 [[2 [[[3 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 8 METHYL 8 AZABICYCLO[3.2.1]OCT 2 YL]METHYL](2 MERCAPTOETHYL)AMINO]ETHYL]AMINO]ETHANETHIOLATO]OXOTECHNETIUM TC 99M; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RARE DISEASE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; HUMANS; KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME; MALE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TROPANES;

EID: 41849106817     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00942.x     Document Type: Article

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