Article
Striatal glucose consumption in chorea-free subjects at risk of Huntington's disease.
Journal of neurology - 1 Nov 1993
Kuwert T, Lange H W, Boecker H, Titz H, Herzog H, Aulich A, Wang B C, Nayak U, Feinendegen L E
Abstract excerpt
Controversial data have been reported with regard to the diagnostic value of the positron emission tomographic (PET) measurement of striatal glucose consumption (rCMRGlc) in chorea-free subjects at risk of Huntington's disease (HD). For further clarification of this issue we measured striatal and...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Corpus Striatum
- Deoxyglucose
- Disease Susceptibility
- Female
- Fluorine Radioisotopes
- Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Glucose
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Huntington Disease
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neurologic Examination
- Risk
- Tomography, Emission-Computed