Comparison of MR imaging with PET and ictal SPECT in 118 patients with intractable epilepsy

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 593-599

  Won, Hyung Jin ^a,c   Chang, Kee Hyun ^b   Cheon, Jung Eun ^c   Kim, Hong Dae ^a   Lee, Dong Soo ^b   Han, Moon Hee ^c   Kim, In One ^b   Lee, Sang Kun ^a   Chung, Chun Kee ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0012799229     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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