Correct localization of epileptogenic focus with I-123 iomazenil cerebral benzodiazepine receptor imaging: A case report of temporal lobe epilepsy with discordant ictal cerebral blood flow SPECT

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 541-545

  Shuke, Noriyuki ^a   Hashizume, Kiyotaka ^a   Kiriyama, Kenji ^a   Okizaki, Atsutaka ^a   Yamamoto, Wakako ^a   Zhao, Chunlei ^a   Nakai, Hirofumi ^a   Tanaka, Tatsuya ^a   Aburano, Tamio ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine receptor; Cerebral blood flow; Epilepsy; I 123 iomazenil; SPECT

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; IODINE 123; IOMAZENIL; IOMAZENIL I 123; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SCALP; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 6944223836     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02984574     Document Type: Article

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