Imaging of Glutamate Concentration in Sturge-Weber Syndrome

Tracy S. Gertler; Cynthia V. Stack

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-1-2

Pediatric Neurology Briefs (Jan 2017)

Imaging of Glutamate Concentration in Sturge-Weber Syndrome

Tracy S. Gertler,
Cynthia V. Stack

Affiliations

Tracy S. Gertler: Division of Neurology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Cynthia V. Stack: Division of Neurology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-1-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 31, no. 1
pp. 2 – 2

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Investigators from Wayne State University studied a cohort of children with Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) and epilepsy using both glucose-based positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) to evaluate metabolic activity and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) to evaluate glutamate turnover.

Published in Pediatric Neurology Briefs

ISSN: 1043-3155 (Print); 2166-6482 (Online)
Publisher: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Website: https://pediatricneurologybriefs.com

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