Focal brain glucose hypermetabolism in myoclonus-dystonia syndrome caused by an epsilon-sarcoglycan gene mutation

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 614-616

  Tai, Chun Hwei ^a   Yen, Ruoh Fan ^a   Lin, Chin Hsien ^a   Yen, Kuo Yang ^b   Yip, Ping Keung ^c   Wu, Ruey Meei ^a   Lee, Ming Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dystonia plus syndrome; Epsilon sarcoglycan gene; Myoclonus; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; CYTOSINE; EPSILON SARCOGLYCAN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; LEVODOPA; THYMINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LETTER; MALE; MYOCLONUS DYSTONIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TAIWAN;

ADULT; BRAIN; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM DISORDERS; HUMANS; MUTATION; MYOCLONUS; PEDIGREE; SARCOGLYCANS; SYNDROME;

EID: 68349136717     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2008.11.007     Document Type: Letter

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