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Title:

Increased striatal glucose consumption in Sydenham's chorea.

Document type:
Case Reports; Journal Article; Article
Author(s):
Weindl, A; Kuwert, T; Leenders, KL; Poremba, M; Gräfin von Einsiedel, H; Antonini, A; Herzog, H; Scholz, D; Feinendegen, LE; Conrad, B
Abstract:
Positron emission tomography and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose were used to measure the regional cerebral glucose consumption in a 15-year-old choreatic girl with classical Sydenham's chorea shortly after the onset of hyperkinetic movements and 5 months later after chorea had resolved and in a 74-year-old hemichoreatic woman with long-standing hyperkinesia as a residuum of Sydenham's chorea in adolescence. Whereas cerebellar, thalamic, and cortical glucose consumption was within normal limits in both p...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Mov Disord
Year:
1993
Journal volume:
8
Journal issue:
4
Pages contribution:
437-44
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1002/mds.870080404
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8232353
Print-ISSN:
0885-3185
TUM Institution:
Fachgebiet Neuroradiologie (Prof. Zimmer); Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik
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