Usefulness of [11C]Methionine PET in the Diagnosis of Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-45

  Maehara, Taketoshi ^a,e   Nariai, Tadashi ^a   Arai, Nobutaka ^b   Kawai, Kensuke ^c   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^c   Ishii, Kenji ^d   Ishiwata, Kiichi ^d   Ohno, Kikuo ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^e Department of Brain Medical Science ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

11C Methionine PET; Benign tumor; DNT; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHIONINE C 11; CARBON; METHIONINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TERATOMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SCINTISCANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; TERATOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0346724519     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.20703.x     Document Type: Article

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