18F-FDG PET/CT in anti-LGI1 encephalitis: Initial and follow-up findings

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 156-158

  Park, Sohyun ^a   Choi, Hongyoon ^a,b   Cheon, Gi Jeong ^a,c   Wook Kang, Keon ^a,b,c   Lee, Dong Soo ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Graduate School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET; Anti LGI1 encephalitis; autoimmune encephalitis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LGI1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANTI LGI1 ENCEPHALITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; OROFACIAL DYSKINESIA; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTEINS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84921538817     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: 15360229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000546     Document Type: Article

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