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Neuroimaging in spasticity and movement disorders.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  13677569     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Advances in neuroimaging provide unique opportunities to evaluate brain structure, biochemistry, and function. Although a number of imaging techniques have been used in newborns, cranial ultrasonography in premature infants and nuclear magnetic resonance modalities, including magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion-weighted imaging, in high-risk term infants are of foremost benefit. Interpretation is based on knowledge of characteristic imaging findings in specific childhood neurologic disorders and an understanding of differential diagnosis in cerebral palsy syndromes, such as spastic diplegia and various subtypes of extrapyramidal cerebral palsy. This review focuses on imaging studies that can be effectively used in at-risk infants and in children with spasticity and movement disorders to refine diagnosis and guide therapeutic interventions.
Authors:
Alexander H Hoon; Karin M Belsito; Lidia M Nagae-Poetscher
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of child neurology     Volume:  18 Suppl 1     ISSN:  0883-0738     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Child Neurol.     Publication Date:  2003 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2003-09-17     Completed Date:  2003-11-21     Revised Date:  2005-11-16    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8606714     Medline TA:  J Child Neurol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  S25-39     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Neurology and Developmental Medicine, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. hoon@kennedykrieger.org
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Brain / pathology*,  radiography
Cerebral Palsy / diagnosis*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Movement Disorders / diagnosis*
Muscle Spasticity / diagnosis*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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