Brain Imaging during Seizure : Ictal Brain SPECT

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 575-580

  Kottamasu, Sambasiva Rao ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex partial epilepsy; Ictal SPECT

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VIDEORECORDING;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0031215413     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02726107     Document Type: Article

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