Ictal cerebral positron emission tomography (PET) in focal status epilepticus

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 356-361

  Siclari, Francesca ^a   Prior, John O ^a   Rossetti, Andrea O ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; PET; PLED; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HARKOSERIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; PRIMIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIAGNOSIS; PET; PLED; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880039602     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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