Planned ictal FDG PET imaging for localization of extratemporal epileptic foci

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 193-200

  Meltzer, Carolyn Cidis ^a,c   Adelson, P David ^a,b   Brenner, Richard P ^a   Crumrine, Patricia K ^b   Van Cott, Anne ^a   Schiff, David P ^a   Townsend, David W ^a   Scheuer, Mark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metabolism; Emission tomography; Epilepsy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033951613     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00139.x     Document Type: Article

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