Neuroimaging findings in a brain with Niemann-Pick type C disease

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 537-542

  Huang, Jei Yie ^a   Peng, Sing Fung ^a   Yang, Chih Chao ^b   Yen, Kuo Yang ^c   Tzen, Kai Yuan ^a   Yen, Ruoh Fang ^a  

^a Department of Nuclear Medicine ^*  (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Glucose metabolism; Magnetic resonance imaging; Niemann Pick type C disease; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LAVOSTATIN; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BASAL GANGLION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSMETRIA; DYSPHAGIA; DYSTONIA; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; GASTROSTOMY; GAZE PARALYSIS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPASTICITY; SPEECH DISORDER; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 79960754125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(11)60080-6     Document Type: Article

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