Cerebral Hypoperfusion in Myotonic Dystrophy

Abstract

Cerebral blood flow and perfusion measured by SPECT (Xenon and Tc-HMPAO), MRI findings, and neuropsychological function in 22 patients with myotonic dydtrophy (MD) were studied at the Departments of Neurology, Radiology, Psychiatry, and Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA.

Keywords

• cerebral hypoperfusion
• myotonic dydtrophy
• sleep apnea