Postictal SPECT in epileptic versus nonepileptic seizures

Journal of Epilepsy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 67-73

  Ettinger, Alan B ^a   Coyle, Patricia K ^a   Jandorf, Lina ^a   Cabahug, Cora J ^a   Oster, Zvi H ^a   Atkins, Harold L ^a   Weisbrot, Deborah M ^a   Devinsky, Orrin ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonepileptic seizures; Pseudoseizures; Psychogenic seizures; Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT).

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0031940756     PISSN: 08966974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6974(97)00112-6     Document Type: Article

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