Bilateral decrease in interictal hippocampal blood flow in unilateral mesiotemporal epilepsy

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 282-288

  Rougier, Alain ^a   Lurton, Dominique ^b   El Bahh, Bouchaib ^b   Lespinet, Véronique ^b   Bidabé, Anne Marie ^b   Guillot, Martine ^b   Caillé, Jean Marie ^b  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Regional cerebral blood flow; Xenon

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; XENON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032902851     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.2.0282     Document Type: Article

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