Contralateral hyperperfusion and ipsilateral hypoperfusion by ictal SPECT in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 88, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 247-254

  Cho, Jae Wook ^a,b   Hong, Seung Bong ^a   Lee, Jung Hwa ^a   Kang, Jung Woo ^a   Lee, Min Joo ^a   Lee, Jun Young ^a   Park, Hwan Seok ^a   Suh, Minah ^c   Joo, Eun Yeon ^a   Seo, Dae Won ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Ictal hyperperfusion; Ictal hypoperfusion; SPECT; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEIZURES;

EID: 75849139021     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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