Self-injection ictal SPECT during partial seizures

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1994-1997

  Van Paesschen, W ^a   Dupont, P ^a   Van Heerden, B ^a,b   Vanbilloen, H ^a   Mesotten, L ^a   Maes, A ^a   Van Driel, G ^a   Mortelmans, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

99mTc ECD; Epilepsy; Ictal SPECT; Self injection; Self injection subtraction ictal SPECT coregistered to MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF INJECTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0034705046     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.54.10.1994     Document Type: Article

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