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Published in final edited form as: J Neurol. 2005 Apr 29;252(9):1082–1092. doi: 10.1007/s00415-005-0819-7

Table 3.

Most Prominent Metabolical Abnormalities Found in Individual Patients

Patient No	Radiological classification	Metabolic Abnormality
		Malformation	Perilesional zone
1	heterotopia, polymicrogyria	NAA/Cho ↓, NAA ↓, Cho ↑, NAA/Cr ↓	minor
2	cortical dysplasia	NAA/Cr ↓^*	NAA/Cr ↓^*
3	heterotopia, polymicrogyria	NAA ↓	minor
4	R F transmantle dysplasia	NAA ↓, Cr ↓	Cr ↓, NAA/Cr ↑
	L P transmantle dysplasia	na	NAA/Cr ↑^*
	R P transmantle dysplasia	na	NAA/Cr ↑
5	heterotopia, polymicrogyria	NAA/Cho ↑^, NAA/Cr ↑^	minor
6	polymicrogyria	no	NAA ↓
7	cortical dysplasia	Cho ↑, NAA/Cr ↓, NAA/Cho ↓, Cr ↑	minor
8	heterotopia, polymicrogyria	Cho ↓, NAA/Cho ↑, NAA ↓	Cho ↓

prominent, more than 10 % of the voxels with metabolic abnormality

1–9 % of voxels with isolated pathological NAA, Cr and Cho

NAA N-acetylaspartate; Cr creatine/phosphocreatine; Cho choline compounds; Ipsi hemisphere with malformation; no normal; na non available; minor minor abnormalities, i.e., different abnormalities none affects 10 % or more of the voxels

bold metabolic abnormality with highest percentage of voxels

↓, decrease; ↑ increase