Epilepsy for the neuroradiologist

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 851-863

  Fisher, Robert S ^a,b,c   Stein, Alan ^a   Karis, John ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Epilepsy Foundation of America

Author keywords

Seizures; Special reports

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINOPHYLLINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; COCAINE; GABAPENTIN; GLUCOSE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXYGEN 15; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

AMNESIA; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FATIGUE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INJURY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NAUSEA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEURORADIOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031392152     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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