SPECT-DTPA as a tool for evaluating the blood-brain barrier in post-stroke seizures

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2041-2044

  Gilad, Ronit ^a   Lampl, Yair ^a   Eilam, Anda ^a   Boaz, Mona ^a   Loyberboim, Mordechai ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; DTPA SPECT; Post stroke seizures

Indexed keywords

PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SEIZURES; STROKE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 84867330665     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6445-2     Document Type: Article

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