Diagnostic role of 99mTc hexamethyl-propyleneamine oxime brain single photon emission computed tomography in Sydenham's chorea

Pediatrics International

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 450-455

  Demirören, Kaan ^a,b   Tastekin, Güngör ^a   Oran, Bülent ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Brain perfusion; Single photon emission computed tomography; Sydenham's chorea; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THALAMUS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHOREA; CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; CHILD; CHOREATIC DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 4344575056     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2004.01909.x     Document Type: Article

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