A systematic review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of neuroimaging assessments used to visualise the seizure focus in people with refractory epilepsy being considered for surgery

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Whiting, P ^a   Gupta, R ^b   Burch, J ^c   Mujica Moto, R E ^d   Wright, K ^c   Marson, A ^b   Weishmann, U ^b   Haycox, A ^d   Kleijnen, J ^c   Forbes, C ^c  

^a Canynge Hall   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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2 [[N (3 DIMETHYLAMINOPROPYL) N METHYLAMINO]METHYL] 4 IODO 6 METHYLPHENOL I 123; CARBON 11; CHOLINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CREATINE; CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; FLUMAZENIL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; IODINE 123; IODODEXETIMIDE I 123; IOMAZENIL; ISOPROPYLIODOAMPHETAMINE I 123; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE PLUS SODIUM DIATRIZOATE; N METHYLTRYPTOPHAN; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SURGERY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; TOMOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EPILEPSY; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY;

EID: 33644816981     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta10040     Document Type: Review

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