PET Bitemporal Hypometabolism in Infantile Spasms

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-10-6-8

PET Bitemporal Hypometabolism in Infantile Spasms

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 10 (1996): Issue 6

By: J Gordon Millichap

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|Jun 1996

Abstract

A group of 18 infants (age range, 10 mo to 5 yr) with infantile spasms and a common metabolic pattern on positron emission tomography (PET) is reported from the Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-10-6-8 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 46 - 46

Published on: Jun 1, 1996

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Positron Emission Tomography,

Infantile Spasms,

Bitemporal Glucose Hypometabolism

© 1996 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 10 (1996): Issue 6