Ictal and interictal technetium-99m-bicisate brain SPECT in children with refractory epilepsy

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1101-1106

  Packard, Alan B ^a   Roach, Paul J ^b   Davis, Royal T ^b   Carmant, Lionel ^b   Davis, Ronald ^b   Riviello, James ^b   Holmes, Gregory ^b   Barnes, Patrick D ^b   O'Tuama, Lorcan A ^b   Bjornson, Bruce ^b   Treves, S Ted ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

epilepsy; pediatrics; SPECT; technetium 99m bicisate

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CYSTEINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 10144234790     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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