18F-FDG PET reveals frontotemporal dysfunction in children with fever-induced refractory epileptic encephalopathy

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-47

  Mazzuca, Michel ^a   Jambaque, Isabelle ^b,c   Hertz Pannier, Lucie ^b,d,e   Bouilleret, Viviane ^b,d   Archambaud, Frederique ^b,d   Caviness, Verne ^f   Rodrigo, Sebastian ^b,d,e   Dulac, Olivier ^a,b,e   Chiron, Catherine ^a,b,d,e  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Institut of Psychology   (France)

^d SERVICE HOSPITALIER FRÉDÉRIC JOLIOT   (France)

^e IFR 49   (France)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Cognitive impairment; Encephalopathy; Epilepsy; PET

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EPILEPSY; FEVER; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCINTISCANNING;

BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 79851479225     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.110.077214     Document Type: Article

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