Epilepsy localization by ictal and interictal SPECT

Functional Cerebral SPECT and PET Imaging: Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 131-148

  Kim, Sun Hee ^a   Zubal, I George ^b   Blumenfeld, Hal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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