Developing an effective program to complete ictal SPECT in the epilepsy monitoring unit

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 189-197

  Smith, Brien J ^a   Karvelis, Kastytis C ^b   Cronan, Susan ^a   Porter, William ^b   Smith, Laura ^b   Pantelic, Milan V ^b   Elisevich, Kost ^c  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c Epilepsy Surgery Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Radiopharmaceutical; SPECT

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEVISION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0033032055     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(98)00097-7     Document Type: Article

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