Early evaluation of cerebral metabolic rate of glucose (CMRglu00) with 18F-FDG PET/CT and clinical assessment in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH) patients before and after ventricular shunt placement: Preliminary experience

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 236-241

  Calcagni, Maria Lucia ^a   Lavalle, Mariadea ^a   Mangiola, Annunziato ^a   Indovina, Luca ^a   Leccisotti, Lucia ^a   De Bonis, Pasquale ^a   Marra, Camillo ^a   Pelliccioni, Armando ^b   Anile, Carmelo ^a   Giordano, Alessandro ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET CT; Cerebral metabolic rate of glucose; Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION; RANKIN SCALE; SHUNTING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859645629     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-011-1950-6     Document Type: Article

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