Interictal SPECT in the presurgical evaluation in epileptic patients with normal MRI or bilateral mesial temporal sclerosis SPECT intercrítico na avaliação pré-cirúrgica de pacientes epiléticos com ressonância magnética normal ou esclerose mesial temporal bilateral

Interictal SPECT in the presurgical evaluation in epileptic patients with normal MRI or bilateral mesial temporal sclerosis SPECT intercrítico na avaliação pré-cirúrgica de pacientes epiléticos com ressonância magnética normal ou esclerose mesial temporal bilateral

The aim of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity of interictal compared to ictal SPECT in the lateralization of the epileptogenic focus in refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) patients that present with normal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or bilateral mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS). Thi...

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Main Authors: Lucia H.N. Marques, José R.L. Ferraz-Filho, Mário L.M. Lins-Filho, Marina G. Maciel, Rafael Yoshitake, Sarah V. Filetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2009-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
epilepsia
SPECT
ressonância magnética
epilepsy
magnetic resonance imaging
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2009000400012

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