Positron emission tomography with glucose hypermetabolism of a hypothalamic hamartoma in infantile spasms associated with Pallister-Hall syndrome

Brain and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 677-680

  Wakamoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Sumi, Akemi ^a   Motoki, Takahiro ^a   Ohmori, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a EHIME PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypothalamic hamartoma; Infantile spasms; Pallister Hall syndrome; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOSE; NITRAZEPAM; PYRIDOXINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; CYSTOSTOMY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GRAY MATTER; HAMARTOMA; HAND; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANTILE SPASM; LEG; LEG MALFORMATION; LIMB; LIMB MALFORMATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; NOSE MALFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PALATE MALFORMATION; PALLISTER HALL SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYDACTYLY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 77955428823     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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