Diagnostic yield and predictive value of provoked ictal SPECT in drug-resistant epilepsies

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1613-1622

  Barba, Carmen ^a   Barbati, Giulia ^b   Di Giuda, Daniela ^c   Fuggetta, Filomena ^d   Papacci, Fabio ^d   Meglio, Mario ^d   Colicchio, Gabriella ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epileptogenic zone; Provoked seizures; SPECT; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867333439     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-6387-0     Document Type: Article

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