Parietal lobe epileptic focus identified on SPECT-MRI fusion imaging in a case of epilepsia partialis continua

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 826-828

  Matthews, Robert ^a,b   Franceschi, Dinko ^a   Xia, Wenlang ^a   Cabahug, Corazon ^a   Schuman, Gail ^a   Bernstein, Robert ^a   Peyster, Robert ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsia partialis continua; SPECT MRI fusion; Tc 99m exametazime

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ALPERS DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE DEFICIENCY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PARIETAL LOBE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EPILEPSIA PARTIALIS CONTINUA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33751204138     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000246874.74375.de     Document Type: Article

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