Brain SPECT evaluation of patients with pure photosensitive epilepsy

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1755-1759

  Kapucu, L Özlem ^a   Gücüyener, Kivilcim ^b   Vural, Gülin ^b   Köse, Gülsen ^b   Tokçaer, Ayse Bora ^b   Turgut, Bülent ^b   Ünlü, Mustafa ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

brain SPECT; photic activation; pure photosensitive epilepsy; technetium 99m HMPAO

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIMES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TELEVISION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0029861555     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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