PET manifestation in different types of pathology in epilepsy

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 670-674

  Talanow, Roland ^a   Ruggieri, Paul ^a   Alexopoulos, Andreas ^a   Lachhwani, Deepak ^a   Wu, Guiyun ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; FDG PET; Fluorodeoxyglucose; Metabolism; Pathology; PET; Positron emission tomography; Seizure

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERMETABOLISM; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCLEROSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349745714     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181b534cf     Document Type: Article

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