Diffuse cortical hypometabolism on 18F-FDG-PET scan in a case of an adult variant cerebello-brainstem dominant form of ALD manifesting dementia

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 210-212

  Kim, Jung Eun ^a   Choi, Kyong Gyu ^a   Jeong, Jee Hyang ^a   Kang, Hee Jin ^a   Kim, Hyun Sook ^b  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HYDROCORTISONE;

ABCD1GENE; ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ADULT; APATHY; ATAXIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CHROMOSOME XQ; CHROMOSOME XQ28; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DEMENTIA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISORDERS OF HIGHER CEREBRAL FUNCTION; EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT DISORDER; GENE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPERSEXUALITY; LETTER; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPEECH DISORDER; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ADULT; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEMENTIA; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84856220541     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2011.06.005     Document Type: Letter

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