Ictal SPECT in neocortical epilepsies: Clinical usefulness and factors affecting the pattern of hyperperfusion

Neuroradiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 678-684

  Lee, Sang Kun ^a   Lee, Seo Young ^b   Yun, Chang Ho ^c   Lee, Ho Young ^a   Lee, Jae Sung ^a   Lee, Dong Soo ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^c Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ictal SPECT; Neocortical epilepsy; Subtraction SPECT

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PHENOBARBITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOCORTEX; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33748514574     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-006-0106-z     Document Type: Article

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