Is epileptogenic cortex truly hypometabolic on interictal positron emission tomography?

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 88-96

  Juhász, Csaba ^a   Chugani, Diane C ^a   Muzik, Otto ^a   Watson, Craig ^a   Shah, Jagdish ^a   Shah, Aashit ^a   Chugani, Harry T ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0343496739     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(200007)48:1<88::AID-ANA13>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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