Arterial spin-labeling demonstrates ictal cortical hyperperfusion in epilepsy secondary to hemimegalencephaly

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 303-305

  Altrichter, S ^a   Pendse, N ^a   Wissmeyer, M ^a   Jagersberg M ^a   Federspiel, A ^b   Viallon, M ^a   Seeck, M ^a   Lovblad K O ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arterial spin labeling; Epilepsy; MRI; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; MICROGYRIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPIN LABELING;

BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPIN LABELS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 71149097257     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2009.04.001     Document Type: Letter

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