The usefulness of repeated ictal SPET for the localization of epileptogenic zones in intractable epilepsy

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 607-614

  Lee, Dong ^a   Lee, Sang ^a   Kim, Yu ^a   Kang, Eunjoo ^a   Lee, Jae ^a   Chung, June Key ^a   Lee, Myung ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

99mTc HMPAO; Epilepsy; Ictal SPET; Subtraction ictal SPET

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0036234955     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-002-0774-9     Document Type: Article

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