Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomographic imaging for the diagnosis of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1130-1138

  Boling, Warren W ^a   Lancaster, Melissa ^a   Kraszpulski, Michal ^a   Palade, Adriana ^a   Marano, Gary ^a   Puce, Aina ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for Advanced Imaging   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Positron emission tomography; Selective amygdalohippocampectomy; Surgery for epilepsy; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SELECTIVE AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149477204     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000334429.15867.3B     Document Type: Article

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