Partial epileptic seizure with versive movements examined by [99mTc]HM-PAO brain single photon emission computed tomography: An early postictal case study analyzed by computerized brain atlas methods

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-75

  Weder, B ^a   Oettli, R ^a   Maguire, R P ^b   Vonesch, T ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computerized brain atlas; Early postictal study; Premotor cortex; Versive seizure; 99mTc HM PAO single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EYE MOVEMENT; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ATLASES; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIMES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0030034895     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00514.x     Document Type: Article

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