Thalamic asymmetry on interictal spect in patients with frontal lobe epilepsy

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 319-324

  Takano, A ^a   Shiga, T ^a   Kobayashi, J ^a   Adachi, I ^a   Nakamura, F ^a   Koyama, T ^a   Katoh, C ^a   Morita, K ^a   Tsukamoto, E ^a   Tamaki, N ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emission computed tomography; Epilepsy; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHETAMINES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0035064138     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200103000-00009     Document Type: Review

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