Single-voxel proton MR spectroscopy and positron emission tomography for lateralization of refractory temporal lobe epilepsy

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Achten, Eric ^a   Santens, Patrick ^a   Boon, Paul ^a   De Coo, Danny ^a   Van De Kerckhove, Tom ^a   De Reuck, Jacques ^a   Caemaert, Jacques ^a   Kunnen, Mark ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0032231326     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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