PET Scan and Autoimmune Focal Encephalitis

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-24-2-2

PET Scan and Autoimmune Focal Encephalitis

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 24 (2010): Issue 2

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Feb 2010

Abstract

The value of the PET scan in the diagnosis of autoimmune focal encephalitis is reported in a 22-month-old girl who presented with involuntary movements, hemiparesis, and behavioral changes at Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, Japan.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-24-2-2 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 10 - 11

Published on: Feb 1, 2010

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Methylprednisolone Therapy,

Hypermetabolism,

Immunoglobulin

© 2010 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 24 (2010): Issue 2