Serial FDG PET/CT in autoimmune encephalitis with faciobrachial dystonic seizures

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2014, Pages e436-e438

  Kunze, Albrecht ^a   Drescher, Robert ^a   Kaiser, Katharina ^a   Freesmeyer, Martin ^a   Witte, Otto W ^a   Axer, Hubertus ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Autoimmune encephalitis; Epilepsy; FDG PET; MRI

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL COMPLEX ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALITIS; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; FACIOBRACHIAL DYSTONIC SEIZURE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; BRAIN DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DYSTONIC DISORDER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN DISEASES; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84925790320     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: 15360229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000372     Document Type: Article

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