Occipital Hypometabolism Demonstrated by Positron Emission Tomography after Temporal Lobectomy for Refractory Epilepsy

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-23

  Wong, Franklin C L ^a,b   Swartz, Barbara E ^a,c   Gee, Manyee ^a   Mandelkern, Mark ^a,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STRIATE CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OCCIPITAL LOBE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 1642271200     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041327-200403000-00004     Document Type: Review

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