MRI-negative PET-positive temporal lobe epilepsy: A distinct surgically remediable syndrome

Brain

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2276-2285

  Carne, R P ^a,c,e   O'Brien, T J ^c,d   Kilpatrick, C J ^c,d   MacGregor, L R ^c,d   Hicks, R J ^b   Murphy, M A ^a   Bowden, S C ^c   Kaye, A H ^c,d   Cook, M J ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET; EEG; Epilepsy; Hippocampal sclerosis; Surgery; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; SYNDROME; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4944265124     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh257     Document Type: Article

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