Contralateral temporal hypometabolism on positron emission tomography in temporal lobe epilepsy

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 81-84

  Nagarajan, L ^a   Schaul, N ^b   Eidelberg, D ^c   Dhawan, V ^c   Fraser, R ^a   Labar, D R ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b N Shore Univ Hosp Cornell Med C   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET; Epilepsy; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0029876238     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1996.tb00178.x     Document Type: Article

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