Assessment of the role of FDG PET in the diagnosis and management of children with refractory epilepsy

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1311-1316

  Ollenberger, Glenn P ^a   Byrne, Amanda J ^a   Berlangieri, Salvatore U ^a   Rowe, Christopher C ^a   Pathmaraj, Kunthi ^a   Reutens, David C ^a   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^a   Scott, Andrew M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27744554628     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-005-1844-6     Document Type: Article

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