Unilateral thalamic hypometabolism in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 567-571

  Chang, Cheng Pei ^a   Yen, Der Jen ^b   Yu, Szu Man ^c   Liu, Ren Shyan ^a   Chang, Hsiao Fen ^d   Hsieh, Hung Jen ^a   Shih, Yang Hsin ^b   Chu, Lee Shing ^a   Wang, Shyh Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHENG HSIN REHABILITATION MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d ALETHEIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Positron emission tomography; Temporal lobe; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; THALAMUS;

EID: 50049100960     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(08)60170-9     Document Type: Article

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