Single-photon emission computed tomography in a patient with ictal metamorphopsia

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Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 250-253

  Heo, Kyoung ^a   Cho, Yang Je ^a   Lee, Seung Koo ^a   Park, Sun Ah ^a   Kim, Kyu Sik ^a   Lee, Byung In ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Metamorphopsia; Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT); Status epilepticus; Visual illusion

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; EPILEPTIC STATE; FACE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; METAMORPHOSIS; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

EID: 2342553883     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(03)00194-8     Document Type: Article

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