Positron emission tomography and single photon emission computed tomography in epilepsy care

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 88-104

  Henry, Thomas R ^a   Van Heertum, Ronald L ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EVALUATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0038612853     PISSN: 00012998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/snuc.2003.127301     Document Type: Article

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