Correlation of severity of FDG-PET hypometabolism and interictal regional delta slowing in temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 573-576

  Altay, Ebru Erbayat ^a   Fessler, A James ^a   Gallagher, Martin ^a   Attarian, Hrayr P ^a   Dehdashti, Farrokh ^b   Vahle, Victoria J ^a   Ojemann, Jeffrey ^a   Dowling, Joshua L ^a   Gilliam, Frank G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG delta slowing; PET hypometabolism; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELTA RHYTHM; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 16344382984     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2005.08204.x     Document Type: Article

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