Cerebral perfusion-CT patterns following seizure

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 594-601

  Gelfand, J M ^a   Wintermark, M ^b   Josephson, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Epilepsy; Perfusion imaging; Seizures; Todd's paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN PERFUSION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION IMAGING; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77949651382     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02869.x     Document Type: Article

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