Ipsilateral thalamic hypoperfusion on interictal SPECT in temporal lobe epilepsy

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 281-285

  Yune, Mi Jin ^b   Lee, Jong Doo ^a   Ryu, Young Hoon ^b   Kim, Dong Ik ^b   Lee, Byung In ^b   Kim, Sun Jung ^b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diaschisis; Interictal brain SPECT; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CYSTEINE; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0010952752     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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