Technetium-99m ethyl cysteinate dimer (ECD) cerebral accumulation and symptom and sign severity during hypothyroidism

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 161-167

  Schraml, Frank V ^a   Beason Held, Lori L ^b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Depression; Hypothyroidism; Neuropsychological; Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT); Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; THYROID HORMONE; TRACER;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INSULA; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THALAMUS; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 77749338847     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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