The clinical utility of 99mTc-HMPAO SPECT in Fahr's disease

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 425-428

  Ones, Tunc ^a,b   Dede, Fuat ^b   Gunal, Dilek ^b   Ekinci, Gazanfer ^b   Memis, Hatice ^b   Erdil, Tanju Y ^b   Inanir, Sabahat ^b   Turoglu, Halil T ^b  

^a Marmara University School of Medicine ^*  (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

99mTc HMPAO; Basal ganglia calcification; Fahr's disease; Idiopathic bilateral symmetrical striopallidodentate calcinosis; SPECT

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FAHR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; CALCINOSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SYNDROME;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; SYNDROME; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 46649084022     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-007-0121-0     Document Type: Article

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