Cortical dysplasia and epilepsy
| Autor: | William H. Theodore, Maria T. Toczek |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Medically intractable epilepsy General Medicine Cortical dysplasia Single-photon emission computed tomography medicine.disease Functional imaging Epilepsy Single photon emission ct Positron emission tomography medicine Surgery Neurology (clinical) Radiology business Preclinical imaging |
| Zdroj: | Neurosurgery Clinics of North America. 13:71-86 |
| ISSN: | 1042-3680 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s1042-3680(02)80008-0 |
| Popis: | Functional imaging using single photon emission CT and positron emission tomography have made important contributions to the evaluation of patients with medically intractable epilepsy and cortical dysplasia by identifying patients who previously were not considered surgical candidates. This article reviews the role of functional imaging in the presurgical evaluation of this patient population. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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