SPECT brain imaging in epilepsy: A meta-analysis

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 285-293

  Devous Sr , Michael D ^a   Thisted, Ronald A ^b   Morgan, Gillian F ^b   Leroy, Robert F ^b   Rowe, Christopher C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Meta analysis; SPECT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MEDICAL RECORD; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 2642671985     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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