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An Age and Gender Dependency of Metabolite Concentrations in Basal Ganglia in Children with Spastic Diplegia: Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study
We determined metabolite profile in spastic diplegic children compared to controls in left basal ganglia of brain in using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in correlation with age and gender. Twenty-four patients with spastic diplegia and twenty-six healthy children were examined. The relative concentrations of N-acetylaspartate, choline, and myoinositol were measured in relation to creatine and different combinations of metabolites within 8-cm3 brain voxel. Children with spastic diplegia showed reduced ratios of N-acetylaspartate/creatine, N-acetylaspartate/ choline, and N-acetylaspartate/myoinositol in the basal ganglia compared to the control group. Patients and controls subjects demonstrated a significant age-dependent increase in N-acetylaspartate/creatine, N-acetylaspartate/choline in the basal ganglia. No gender-dependent difference was shown in children with cerebral palsy for all tested metabolite ratios. Gender-related differences because of increased ratio N-acetylaspartate/choline in girls in controls were detected. These results indicate that maturation of brain exists in cerebral palsy and healthy children to a higher degree in healthy children.
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