Poststreptococcal dystonia with bilateral striatal enlargement: MR imaging and spectroscopic findings

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1276-1278

  Karagulle Kendi, A Tuba ^a,c   Krenzel, C ^a   Ott, F W ^a   Brace, J R ^a   Norberg, S K ^b   Kieffer, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Division of Pediatric Neurology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; DEXAMETHASONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; DYSPNEA; DYSTONIA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PUTAMEN; RIGIDITY; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOLYSIN TITER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASPARTIC ACID; AUTOANTIBODIES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILD; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DYSTONIA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LACTIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; NECROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PENICILLANIC ACID; PHARYNGITIS; PUTAMEN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOLYSINS;

EID: 49749144429     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1065     Document Type: Article

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