Utility of Ictal SPECT in the presurgical evaluation of Rasmussen's encephalitis

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 107-110

  Burneo, Jorge G ^a   Hamilton, Margaret ^a   Vezina, William ^a   Parrent, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE DERIVATIVE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STARTLE REFLEX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 33645339517     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100004807     Document Type: Article

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