Correlation of ictal EEG and SPECT studies in patients of intractable epilepsy with normal MRI

Neurology India

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 440-443

  Thomas, R ^a   Bhatia, M ^a   Bal, C S ^a   Gaikwad, S B ^a   Singh, V P ^a   Jain, S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Ictal EEG, SPECT, MRI, Intractable epilepsy

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LOBECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURE; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0037005534     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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