Brain single photon emission computed tomography imaging in Landau-Kleffner syndrome

dc.creatorGuerreiro, MM
dc.creatorCamargo, EE
dc.creatorKato, M
dc.creatorNetto, JRM
dc.creatorSilva, EA
dc.creatorScotoni, AE
dc.creatorSilveira, DC
dc.creatorGuerreiro, CAM
dc.date1996
dc.dateJAN
dc.date2014-12-02T16:29:41Z
dc.date2015-11-26T17:08:27Z
dc.date2014-12-02T16:29:41Z
dc.date2015-11-26T17:08:27Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-28T23:57:06Z
dc.date.available2018-03-28T23:57:06Z
dc.identifierEpilepsia. Lippincott-raven Publ, v. 37, n. 1, n. 60, n. 67, 1996.
dc.identifier0013-9580
dc.identifierWOS:A1996TP55600012
dc.identifier10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00513.x
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/78252
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/handle/REPOSIP/78252
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/78252
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1280372
dc.descriptionFive right-handed children with Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS) who had disease onset between the ages of 3 and 9 years were studied with EEG and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) before and, in four cases, after 6 months of corticosteroid treatment. EEG findings included both focal and generalized spikes as well as spike-wave discharges with bilateral temporal predominance. These increased markedly during sleep in 1 child, and continuous spike-and-wave complexes appeared during slow-wave sleep in another patient. Neuropsychological testing demonstrated verbal auditory agnosia. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed in 4 children and was normal. Brain SPECT imaging demonstrated abnormal perfusion in the left temporal lobe in all patients. The response to corticosteroid therapy was mixed. Our findings reinforce the concept that LKS is a functional disease affecting the language-dominant brain areas. We conclude that SPECT imaging may be of diagnostic assistance in the evaluation of this syndrome of unknown etiology.
dc.description37
dc.description1
dc.description60
dc.description67
dc.languageen
dc.publisherLippincott-raven Publ
dc.publisherPhiladelphia
dc.relationEpilepsia
dc.relationEpilepsia
dc.rightsfechado
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectsingle photon emission computed tomography imaging
dc.subjectLandau-Kleffner syndrome
dc.subjectelectroencephalography
dc.subjectaphasia
dc.subjectverbal auditory agnosia
dc.subjectcorticosteroids
dc.subjectAcquired Epileptic Aphasia
dc.subjectFollow-up
dc.subjectConvulsive Disorder
dc.subjectContinuous Spike
dc.subjectSlow Sleep
dc.subjectChildhood
dc.subjectChildren
dc.subjectWaves
dc.subjectEeg
dc.titleBrain single photon emission computed tomography imaging in Landau-Kleffner syndrome
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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