Ictal brain SPET during seizures pharmacologically provoked with pentylenetetrazol: A new diagnostic procedure in drug-resistant epileptic patients

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1298-1306

  Calcagni, Maria ^a   Giordano, Alessandro ^a   Bruno, Isabella ^a   Parbonetti, Giovanni ^a   Di Giuda, Daniela ^a   De Rossi, Giuseppe ^a   Troncone, Luigi ^a   Colicchio, Gabriella ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ictal brain SPET; Pentylenetetrazol; Pharmacologically provoked seizure

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; PENTETRAZOLE; CYSTEINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM COMPLEX; TECHNETIUM TC 99M BICISATE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERFUSION; PSYCHODYNAMICS; SCINTIGRAPHY; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INJECTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIDEORECORDING; APTITUDE TEST; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CYSTEINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 1842831619     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-002-0879-1     Document Type: Article

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