Perfusion patterns in postictal 99mTc-HMPAO SPECT after coregistration with MRI in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-239

  Hogan, R Edward ^a,b,c   Cook, Mark J ^a,b   Binns, David W ^a   Desmond, Patricia M ^a   Kilpatrick, Christine J ^a   Murrie, Vanessa L ^b   Morris, Kevin F ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Australian Computing and Communications Institute   (Australia)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mesial temporal sclerosis; SPECT; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0030810424     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.63.2.235     Document Type: Article

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