Preictal SPECT in temporal lobe epilepsy: Regional cerebral blood flow is increased prior to electroencephalography-seizure onset

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 978-982

  Baumgartner, Christoph ^a   Series, Wolfgang ^b   Leutmezer, Fritz ^b   Pataraia, Ekaterina ^b   Aull, Susanne ^b   Czech, Thomas ^b   Pietrzyk, Uwe ^b   Relic, Alessandro ^b   Podreka, Ivo ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; SPECT; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0031811577     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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