Is 11C-flumazenil PET superior to 18FDG PET and 123I-iomazenil SPECT in presurgical evaluation of temporal lobe epilepsy?

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-150

  Debets, R M Chr ^a   Sadzot, B ^b   Van Isselt, J W ^c   Brekelmans, G J F ^a   Meiners, L C ^c   Van Huffelen, A C ^c   Franck, G ^b   Van Veelen, C W M ^c  

^a Instituut voor Epilepsiebestrijding   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; FDG PET; Flumazenil PET; Iomazenil SPECT; Temporal epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEOXYGLUCOSE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUMAZENIL; FLUORINE; IOMAZENIL; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CARBON 11; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IODINE 123; RADIOLIGAND; RO 15 5528; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NERVE CELL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; VIDEORECORDING; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DEOXYGLUCOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FLUMAZENIL; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0030614904     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.62.2.141     Document Type: Article

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