Early- and late-state subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: Chemical shift imaging and single-voxel MR spectroscopy

Alkan A., SARAC K., KUTLU R., YAKINCI C., SIGIRCI A., ASLAN M., ...More

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY, vol.24, no.3, pp.501-506, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 24 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2003
  • Journal Name: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.501-506
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: No

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a rare, progressive, inflammatory neurodegenerative disease. Our aim was to determine the metabolic abnormalities of brain in early- and late-stage SSPE by using MR spectroscopy and to assess areas of involvement in the early stages when MR imaging findings were normal.