Autoimmune Focal Encephalitis Shows Marked Hypermetabolism on Positron Emission Tomography

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 158-160

  Sekigawa, Mariko ^a   Okumura, Akihisa ^b   Niijima, Shin ichi ^a   Hayashi, Masaharu ^c   Tanaka, Kyoko ^b   Shimizu, Toshiaki ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY NERIMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RISPERIDONE;

AGITATION; ANGER; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; ATAXIC APHASIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHOREA; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DYSARTHRIA; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCAL ENCEPHALITIS; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; PHONATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 72049108636     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.07.048     Document Type: Article

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