Pediatric Neurology Briefs (Jan 1997)

Cortical Hypometabolism in West Syndrome

  • J Gordon Millichap

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-11-1-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 3 – 4

Abstract

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Serial PET scans and MRIs were performed in 18 infants with West syndrome (WS) to determine the relation between cortical hypometabolism and delayed myelination in a study at Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.

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