PET Studies of Infantile Spasms

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-6-3-5

Keywords:

Positron Emission Tomography, Infantile Spasms, Epileptic Syndromes

Abstract

Positron emission tomography (PET) was used to determine local cerebral metabolic rates for glucose in 44 infants with spasms at the Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Biophysics and the Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, CA.

Published

1992-03-01

Issue

Section

Infectious/Autoimmune Disorders