Cerebral perfusion abnormalities in cases of Down syndrome.

نویسندگان

  • Sunil Kumar Gupta
  • B Venkat Ratnam
چکیده

A SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography using Tc-99m HMPAO) study of brain with segmental quantitative analysis was conducted to access the cerebral perfusion in cases of Downs syndrome (DS). Varying level of brain hypo-perfusion was documented, probably explaining the neurophysiologic basis of cognitive and neuropsychological deficits, which are not well understood in DS.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Indian pediatrics

دوره 48 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011