Postsurgical Outcome of Patients with Uncontrolled Complex Partial Seizures and Temporal Lobe Hypometabolism on 18FDG-Positron Emission Tomography

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 261-266

  Delbeke, Dominique ^a   Lawrence, Sandra K ^a   Abou Khalil, Bassel W ^a   Blumenkopf, Bennett ^a   Kessler, Robert M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emission computed tomography; Fluorine; Glucose metabolism; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029873108     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199605000-00003     Document Type: Article

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