Bilateral temporal hypometabolism in epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 651-659

  Blum, David E ^a   Ehsan, Tajammul ^a   Dungan, David ^a   Karis, John P ^a   Fisher, Robert S ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Neuropsychology; Outcome; Positron emission tomography; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031748889     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01434.x     Document Type: Article

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