Cerebellar and subcortical blood flow abnormalities in children with partial epilepsy

Brain and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-98

  Sözüer, Dilşad Türkdoǧan ^a,b   Önsel, Çetin ^a   Altiok, Enis ^a   Uslu, Ilhami ^a   Yalçin, Erdinç ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complications of antiepileptic drugs; Partial epilepsy; Perfusion of cerebellum and subcortical areas; Tc 99m HMPAO SPECT

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0343396714     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0387-7604(95)00134-4     Document Type: Article

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