Ictal technetium-99 m ethyl cysteinate dimer single-photon emission tomographic findings in epileptic patients with polymicrogyria syndromes: A Subtraction of ictal-interictal SPECT coregistered to MRI study

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1159-1170

  Wichert Ana, Lauro ^a,d   De Azevedo Marques, Paulo Mazzoncini ^a   Oliveira, Lucas Ferrari ^c   Fernandes, Regina Maria França ^a   Velasco, Tonicarlo Rodrigues ^a   Santos, Antonio Carlos ^a   Araújo, David ^a   Kato, Mery ^a   Bianchin, Marino Muxfeldt ^b   Sakamoto, Américo Ceiki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^d CIREP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Polymicrogyria; Seizures; SISCOM; SPECT

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROGYRIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGISTRATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CYSTEINE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 43749099434     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-007-0655-3     Document Type: Article

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