Positron emission tomography in partial epilepsies the clinical point of view

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1123-1126

  Koutroumanidis, M ^a   Binnie, C D ^a   Panayiotopoulos, C P ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 11; FLUMAZENIL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN METABOLISM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032427982     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006231-199812000-00003     Document Type: Article

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